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FIGURE 32: VIEWS FROM THE CHATTON HILL SITES.
* 1.2.3.3.2 An example clearly illustrates that unreliable
conclusions will emerge when a number of sites is represented by only
one dot. At Chatton Hill there are at least seven sites with rock art
(Fig. 32) indicated by only one dot on Bradley’s map (Fig. 26a), which
also shows many lines of intervisibility from that one dot, only focusing
to the west and south.
However, in reality only sites 1 and 2 have wide views to the west and
overlook the Till valley. But, for instance, from sites 3, 4 and 5 the eye
is automatically directed south to the ridge at Amerside Law Hill and
the distinct landmark of Ross Castle beyond. Especially site 3 is
located in a dip in the hill top and offers little view. Site 7, Ketley
Crag, is a small rock shelter with views mainly to the north. Moreover,
when standing near sites 1 or 2 at Chatton, it indeed is possible to
locate sites on Weetwood Moor and Dod Law as Bradley suggests, but
only if one knows where these sites are located. The nearest horizon is
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