Overview

The Mt. Irish Archeological District is a large area with many boulder piles and bands of low cliffs covered with petroglyphs. Shaman Hill is the largest of the public petroglyph sites in the district and consists of many boulders and rock outcrops on the east end of a ridge (which appears to be an isolated hill when looking west). Native peoples etched an extensive array of petroglyphs into the rocks and did a little painting.

The BLM placed eight numbered markers around Shaman Hill, and the BLM and Lincoln County each produced brochures describing the numbered petroglyph panels (BLM brochure; Lincoln County brochure).

Listed here are details of Site 8. This site is somewhat isolated, a bit south of the main Shaman Hill. The site primarily consists of one broad, north-facing rock face with several petroglyphs of bighorn sheep, including what appears to be pregnant sheep. In addition, the rock face northeast of the marker (behind hikers looking at the marker) is marked, as is the other side (east-facing side) of the same outcrop. To see that other side, hikers can return to the previous directional marker and turn right back under the cliff face, or hikers can use either of two gaps in the cliff to scamper down to ground level on the other side.