ABSTRACT
Not many rock carvings are displayed to the British public, and when that does happen, the information boards adopt a defensive tone: we do not know why these images were made, and we cannot say what they meant. Visitors to Kilmartin are greeted in a more confident manner. The rock carvings, they are told, were created in the Early Bronze Age by people who came from north-west Spain. Imagine the delight of one of my Galician colleagues when he visited the area!
