Davaar Cave Painting

Davaar island is famous for it's cave painting. It is the only thing here apart from 3 cottages and a lighthouse.

Todays exploration had to be of the cave painting, it seems very bizarre to me but everyone is different. I have shown you this as a collage because I wanted to put the painting in context as well as show you what it was about.

So again a very sunny day with sharp wind, we are starting to look a little wind beaten already. This morning spent at the cave painting and the stone archway nearby. The afternoon was a bit of fishing with a handline from the jetty. We did manage to catch 1 shore crab so in my eyes it was a success. Maybe tomorrow we will have a go in the deeper water below the light house if I can manage to steady my nerves with a 6 year old.

Back to dinner, log fire and wine tonight. If you wish to know more regards the painting here is a little information.

Lovely Davaar Island is situated at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch and is connected to the mainland at low tide by a shingle causeway known as the Dhorlin. At the north of the island is the lighthouse, while to the south is the island's famous cave painting of Jesus on the cross.
The work was carried out in 1887 by local Art school teacher Archibald MacKinnon in secret after he had a dream telling him where to paint it. MacKinnon left Campbeltown shortly after the painting was discovered but did return in 1902 and 1934 to carry out some restoration work on his stunning painting. Since then the painting has been restored again in the 50s and in the 70s by Art teachers from Campbeltown Grammar School