DELICATE prehistoric animal carvings thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000-years-old have been discovered for the first time in Scotland in an ancient tomb. The discovery thought to date to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, includes depictions of two male red deer with full-grown antlers, which are considered to have been the largest deer species in Scotland during this time. The carvings, found at an ancient burial site, Dunchraigaig Cairn in Kilmartin Glen, are also suggestive of young deer said Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The pictures were discovered by chance by Hamish Fenton, an amateur archaeologist from Oxfordshire who was exploring Dunchraigaig cairn, a bronze age burial mound, one evening.
Scotland boasts over 3,000 prehistoric carved rocks, with the majority of them “cup and ring markings” – abstract motifs created by striking the rock s surface with.