Waterdown II

• Whittlesea

Brief description of site: RSA WAD2 is located perhaps 200 m downstream (north) of RSA WAD1 and higher up on the 1450 m contour in a large, lobed cave-like rock shelter. The site is up to 20 m long and each cave-like lobe is up to 5 m deep, with a third, smaller cave. The site is high and has a gently sloping expanse in front of it that has been used as a stock kraal. There is little vegetation near the site.

The floor is very dusty and has a lot of cattle dung overburden. The Archaeological deposit could be up to 1 m in places. Many hornfels stone tools are scattered on the surface.
Brief description of art: Weathering has taken its toll on these paintings and only the most recent paintings - of white and detailed cattle - as well as a few red eland and other antelope survive; perhaps 30 images in all. The eland are very detailed, with remnants of white paint for the legs and heads still visible, with black horns, hooves and eyes. There is a light red hartebeest and there are black human figures within one of the caves; possibly also baboon. There are 9 red Khoekhoen finger stripes/smears.