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Mlunduni II
Site
Brief description of site: A low recessed shelter, half way up hill on southern side of Mlunduni mountain.
Pictographs just above entrance. Shelter quite large but ceiling less than 1m high, floor also
strewn with small rocks. Seems unlikely that this can have been inhabited. Views over valley area below and even over edge of escarpment to lake Malawi. Fairly accessible.
Brief description of art: A circle with multiple vertical internal divisions and a set of parallel vertical lines. All applied by finger in red.
Mlunduni III
Site
Brief description of site: A large boulder in rocky gully near south-west comer of Mlunduni mountain. About half way up hillslope and access involves quite an arduous steep walk. Small overhang provides limited protection and shade, not habitation site. Rock surface quite rough. There are 2 much smoother and better protected boulders below and another above but these were ignored. Site has good view looking down into wet area to the west.
Brief description of art: Many sets of parallel vertical lines, 3 circles, a circle with externally radiating lines, a half circle open at top with multiple internal vertical lines, a grid and 2 sets of vertical parallel lines curving to the left. All applied by finger in red. Rock surface dark, pictographs hard to see.
Mlunduni IV
Site
Brief description of site: A small recessed shelter inset at the base of a boulder. At edge of same rocky gully as MAL-MLU3. Pleasant shaded seating and shelter but too small for habitation. Fine views to west. Moderately easy access.
Brief description of art: Pictographs have suffered from fires lit in shelter. Motifs that survive include 2 sets of parallel vertical lines, a set of parallel horizontal lines and a few dots. All applied by
finger in red.
Mlunduni IX
Site
Brief description of site: A protected low surface on a boulder near the top of Mlunduni mountain. Merely a protected surface, no shade or shelter. Magnificent view over most of hills within District. Extremely arduous access.
Brief description of art: Open to some washing by rain, all that remain are traces of lines and dots applied by finger in red.
Mlunduni V
Site
Brief description of site: A large squat boulder near the base of Mlunduni mountain west side. Overhang provides protection on south and west sides. Stream flows under western end of boulder. Could have been used as habitation but rather narrow and sloping floor. View into wet area below and over plain to west. Easily accessible.
Brief description of art: Various pairs of vertical lines, a circle within a circle, various curving and joined lines and a few thick filled oblong shapes. All applied by finger in red. Also a set of parallel lines, a curving line and an area of dots all finely applied by brush.
Mlunduni VI
Site
Brief description of site: A boulder half way up eastern side of Mlunduni mountain. Good overhang on north side provides pleasant sheltered floor area. Oddly, although the back of this is the surface best suited for painting on, this was not used. 2 painted surfaces faces west and are protected only by a small lip. Fine views to the west. Access arduous
Brief description of art: A circle with central dot, three parallel diagonal lines, 4 dots in row, 2 pairs of vertical lines and a few large dots. All applied by finger in red.
Mlunduni VII
Site
Brief description of site: A large boulder on the lower slopes of Mlunduni mountain west side. Slight lip on north side gives limited protection to surface but no shade or shelter. Poor view. Easy access.
Brief description of art: Rock surface is flaking in many areas. May originally have been more pictographs now destroyed. All that remain are traces of large sets of parallel lines and a
few dots, applied by finger in red.
Mlunduni VIII
Site
Brief description of site: A small boulder on the lower slopes of Mlunduni mountain west side lOOm below MAL-MLU7. Small recess provides a protected surface but no shade or shelter. Poor view. Easily accessible.
Brief description of art: Rock surface is flaking in many areas. May originally have been more pictographs now destroyed. All that remain are traces of large sets of parallel lines and a
few dots, applied by finger in red.
Moab I
Site