Abstract
Rock art places around the world are threatened by many different factors. Particularly vulnerable is the open-air Neolithic and Early Bronze Age rock art in the UK and Ireland, which dates to between 6,000 and 3,800 years ago. About 7,500 panels of this wholly abstract rock art tradition survive in these locations; although this rock art appears to be robust, it is threatened by the intensification of industrial and agricultural practices and accelerated climate change. The monitoring of rock art has long been considered one of the primary mechanisms to detect changes in its condition or in its surroundings, which may impact on the rock art and require management responses. After reflecting on the history of rock art monitoring internationally and in the UK, the chapter charts the creation of a user-friendly monitoring toolkit and its conversion into a bespoke monitoring app supported by an online portal. Thereafter, we address the primary challenges we have confronted with development and use of the app, including its sustainability, the issue of succession planning of a university-based project that is intended to collect data from the public over an extended time-period, and the uptake of the CARE toolkit by members of the public.
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