Heritage record
Rock Shelter Rawal Lake
IslamabadRock ShelterProtected
The rock shelter is situated on the bank of the Rawal Lake, facing south-west and measures as 5.40m long, 4m wide and 12m high. On the ceiling of the rock shelter, there are soot marks. No cultural remains were found inside the shelter but some potshards have been reported near the site. Such type of rock shelter was noticed during the Stone Age around the world and so in Pakistan.
- Record ID
- 6343
- Province / territory
- Islamabad
- District
- Islamabad
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Shelter
- Period
- Pre Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 33.71261, 73.12677 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2010). Pre-Historic Rock Shelters and Caves in Capital Territory Islamabad and District Rawalpindi. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 33, No. 1, July 2010.
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