shadowwalker
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I am in Tennessee now. But not permanent. But after seeing this forum I got two places to discribe.I always thought this was carved petroglyphs by native americans. The first is on a high ledge about 1/4 mile above a big high mountain basin. Probably 15 square miles inside of it. Now on the ledge. You got to walk in a foot path that is between 1 foot and 2 foot wide. I goes along the side of a sandstone rock mountain it is probably 300 yards long. It stops at a pointed overlook. Now I will describe the spot. I have spent several hundred hours looking off this place. I have got alot of good mule deer and antelope from here. You see where they bed down or come out a dusk. Not much hunting pressure so the good ones still are here. So it's not something I saw a once or twice many years ago. The spot was used by native americans for sure. There is many, many thousands of pieces of flint on this spot. It is a natural wind carved flat spot with a overhang that extends past the flat spot. The flat spot never gets rain, little sun. But the native americans sat here looking for game, other people, ect. To pass the time they didn't have cell phones or radios. The knapped arrowheads.
The flatspot is shaped like a triangle. Maybe 25 feet across at the back coming to a point maybe 30 feet out. This slopes downward. Now to describe the "petroglyphs".
As you set on a small log cut by a axe and brought in many years ago. In toward the front of the triangle. There is a BIG arrow carved into the sandstone.It is like you draw a line with a fat magic marker. It is probably 4 or 5 inches across to a point triangle maybe 10 inches going to a point maybe 15 inches long. It is almost 2/3's the size of the floor, pointing outside toward the basin. About two or three feet from the end with the point. It bends, it points out toward a slopeing saddle type formation on the opposite end ot the basin. Now it will get good. for somebody.
As you sit on the log above your head (the overhang is about 5 1/2 feet above the floor) you see a almost perfect circle of the sun, it has 9 rays pointing outward from the circle. It is maybe 1 foot across. Using the back of the cave as a reference I will discribe the carvings. The rays are semmetrical around the circle, they are probably 3 inches long. Just inside the circle from the seventh or eighth ray is a wedge, with the big end just touching the circle. It kinda points like the big arrow points. Exactly at the end of the circle pointing out of the overhang is little things like a grave yard cross, except all the vertical lines are slanted with the up end kinda pointing in the same general area as the big arrow. Down off the side of the circle maybe two feet away is two symbols like two capital U's connected with a small bar slash. There is also painted petroglyphs from native americans over the carvings. Mostly game animals and people.
Now as you drive into this basin going to the lookout spot. There is this big, maybe 25 feet across. Capital Q or maybe a cursive 2. It can only be seen in the afternoon shade. How I know this is sometimes I go there in the afternoon about 3 pm. I can see this carving and yes I have stood below it and walked it at midday.If you know about where to look you can see the carved out sandstone. But it only stands out when the sun is going down a certain way.
A road comes across the top of the saddle that the arrow points to. This is a big granite range of mountains. I do remember some odd rockslides. I am just guessing here. I do remember one of them and it didn't have a place that should have had them rocks fall from as the spot above it is bare like a polished river rock. It is on public land. And I already had two spots took over. When I "told the proper people". I'll post about the next petroglyphs in another time.
The flatspot is shaped like a triangle. Maybe 25 feet across at the back coming to a point maybe 30 feet out. This slopes downward. Now to describe the "petroglyphs".
As you set on a small log cut by a axe and brought in many years ago. In toward the front of the triangle. There is a BIG arrow carved into the sandstone.It is like you draw a line with a fat magic marker. It is probably 4 or 5 inches across to a point triangle maybe 10 inches going to a point maybe 15 inches long. It is almost 2/3's the size of the floor, pointing outside toward the basin. About two or three feet from the end with the point. It bends, it points out toward a slopeing saddle type formation on the opposite end ot the basin. Now it will get good. for somebody.
As you sit on the log above your head (the overhang is about 5 1/2 feet above the floor) you see a almost perfect circle of the sun, it has 9 rays pointing outward from the circle. It is maybe 1 foot across. Using the back of the cave as a reference I will discribe the carvings. The rays are semmetrical around the circle, they are probably 3 inches long. Just inside the circle from the seventh or eighth ray is a wedge, with the big end just touching the circle. It kinda points like the big arrow points. Exactly at the end of the circle pointing out of the overhang is little things like a grave yard cross, except all the vertical lines are slanted with the up end kinda pointing in the same general area as the big arrow. Down off the side of the circle maybe two feet away is two symbols like two capital U's connected with a small bar slash. There is also painted petroglyphs from native americans over the carvings. Mostly game animals and people.
Now as you drive into this basin going to the lookout spot. There is this big, maybe 25 feet across. Capital Q or maybe a cursive 2. It can only be seen in the afternoon shade. How I know this is sometimes I go there in the afternoon about 3 pm. I can see this carving and yes I have stood below it and walked it at midday.If you know about where to look you can see the carved out sandstone. But it only stands out when the sun is going down a certain way.
A road comes across the top of the saddle that the arrow points to. This is a big granite range of mountains. I do remember some odd rockslides. I am just guessing here. I do remember one of them and it didn't have a place that should have had them rocks fall from as the spot above it is bare like a polished river rock. It is on public land. And I already had two spots took over. When I "told the proper people". I'll post about the next petroglyphs in another time.
Sounds like an awsome place to reflect and unwind each hunting season! awsome Keep it to yourself and good luck!
