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Is this correct?[edit]

It is the only piece of Upper Palaeolithic art showing an animal to have been found in Britain??

This article says, but the Cresswell Crags article says nore have been found and the horse is the most popular animal ... ~~

Good question - see Bahn & Pettitt's refs - they are 2 of the archaeologists who found more on the walls in 2003. Also Bahn covers the pieces found by Armstrong in the 1920s, about which he & others are dubious. But the BM highlights certainly says "only". We might ask. Pettitt certainly does not support "only". It was the only I suppose. Johnbod (talk) 16:33, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The engraving is the only piece of portable art displaying an animal from Britain. I think that is where the confusion lies here. I have edited the article. --AnnaGriffiths (talk) 14:47, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ochre[edit]

Where did this name come from? Presumably red ochre is rubbed into the engraved lines, but we don't say so. Johnbod (talk) 16:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is red ochre rubbed into the engraving. I used to work at Creswell Crags but I don't have a reference for this fact to back it up so I haven't added this into the article. The object came on long-term loan to Creswell Crags from the British Museum for the opening of the new Visitor Centre in 2009, and featured in a special exhibition titled 'The Ochre Horse'. Perhaps that's where this name came from? --AnnaGriffiths (talk) 14:47, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]