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Lost for around 5,000 years, an amateur archaeologist has discovered deer carvings inside Kilmartin Glen’s Dunchraigaig Cairn in the west of Scotland. The Neolithic or Early Bronze Age carvings depict two male red deer with fully-grown antlers. Two other deer carvings were also found, along with another engraving of an unidentified creature. Dr. Tertia Barnett, Principal Investigator for Scotland's Rock Art Project at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) explained that until now it was thought that prehistoric animal carvings of this date “didn’t exist in Scotland.” [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"86671","attributes":{"alt":"The 5,000-year-old deer carvings were discovered at Dunchraigaig Cairn in the west of Scotland. (Andrew Wood / CC BY-SA 2.0)","class":"media-image","height":"407","style":"width: 610px; height: 407px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] The 5,000-year-old deer carvings were discovered at Dunchraigaig Cairn in the west