ABSTRACT
Laxe das Ferraduras epitomises Galician rock art in the same way as Roughting Linn encapsulates many characteristics of the British sites. It is located on the edge of a steep-sided valley just outside the braña at Fentáns. It has attracted the attention of a number of scholars whose changing approaches to this site sum up many of the ways in which local petroglyphs have been studied (Anati 1964; García and Peña 1980, 55-7; Peña 1981). At the same time, its distinctive imagery raises questions which are fundamental to the interpretation of Galician rock art.
