Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

The recent discovery of animal carvings in the Early Bronze Age burial cairn at Dunchraigaig (Kilmartin Glen, Scotland) prompts a re-evaluation current knowledge rock art Britain. deer and other quadrupeds represented monument are first unambiguous depictions prehistoric animals date Scotland, among earliest identified Britain Ireland. This contrasts with well-known abstract this region, characterized by cup-marks cup-and-rings. also reinforces special character Kilmartin Glen as one most original remarkable Neolithic–Bronze landscapes monumentality article describes process authenticating part Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP) discusses their implications for our understanding Atlantic Europe more widely.