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This book brings together a wealth of information on the rock art of the dales that straddle the ridge of the Northern Pennines and Cumbria. The authors present details of their new discoveries, together with an up-to-date account of the known archaeology of the area in a comprehensive gazetteer of sites and locations. Paul Browns acclaimed three-dimensional illustrations highlight the major panels of rock art in the key northern valleys of the seven dales spanning the three counties of North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Durham, including the charismatic dales of Swaledale and Wensleydale. This fascinating art, its situation within the prehistoric landscape and relationship to other archaeological features is clearly discussed broadening the perception of our predecessors life in these celebrated northern dales.

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Paul and Barbara Brown have a long-term interest in rock art and together have discovered many sites new to the archaeological record, including the prehistoric rock art site at Copt Howe, Cumbria. Paul Brown is co-author of Prehistoric Rock Art in the North York Moors, published by Tempus in 2005.The Browns live in Darlington, Co. Durham.

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