Davaar Cave Painting vandalised !!!

[Ship called Dignity]

Like many have said before - speechless - can't believe anyone would do something like this.

Certainly not a rumour and certainly not the work of kids.

[SmithD]

It's a real shame that people have that sort of thing in their mind before they even start to walk over! As was previously said I don't think it was kids.

Hopefully they will be caught, and convicted, but that will probably be a hard job. Unless maybe the good old "wee toon" grape vine will work and inform them.

[Annie]

I really hope so!

[oorly gourlay]

This work of art is as significant to the town and Kintyre as Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross in the Kelvingrove art gallery. Can you imagine the hue and cry if a similar act of desecration had been done to it? At least Scottish if not international news. Does anyone have any contacts at either BBC Scotland or ITV so that this can be publicised and a restoration appeal put into force, if necessary?

oorly

[amron]

Jamie McIvor is a local lad working on BBC news, mabey he would be able to help.

[Bruce]

Jamie McIvor is a local lad working on BBC news, mabey he would be able to help.

He's worth a try... and an appeal to anyone that lives or visited Campbeltown in the last week would be worth a try as well. The person that did this IS known to someone!

[Tom B]

This is terrible.
Might be too obvious, but is worth asking around the local paint shops, to find out anybody that's bought spray paint in the past week? - also maybe the type of person who did this might be the sort to dump the spray cans somewhere on the walk back round from the cave. Might be worth a look amongst the rocks, if anyones over..could get some fingerprints....!?

[Sweltered]

Words fail me. I don't know if anyone has posted this thought or not. But surely this was premeditated. Why else would they take spray paint with them. We did our fair share of stupid things as kids/teenagers, but I don't remember anything as bad as this.

[Ship called Dignity]

Words fail me. I don't know if anyone has posted this thought or not. But surely this was premeditated. Why else would they take spray paint with them. We did our fair share of stupid things as kids/teenagers, but I don't remember anything as bad as this.

Sweltered - I think you will find this is not the act of kids.

[Sweltered]

Words fail me. I don't know if anyone has posted this thought or not. But surely this was premeditated. Why else would they take spray paint with them. We did our fair share of stupid things as kids/teenagers, but I don't remember anything as bad as this.

Sweltered - I think you will find this is not the act of kids.

I was making a generalisation about young people, without sounding too much like a fogey. How can you be sure this isn't kids, bearing in mind anyone under 16 is a kid in most eyes.

[Sheik Yir Erse]

The person who did this better hope the police get them first

[Ship called Dignity]

Words fail me. I don't know if anyone has posted this thought or not. But surely this was premeditated. Why else would they take spray paint with them. We did our fair share of stupid things as kids/teenagers, but I don't remember anything as bad as this.

Sweltered - I think you will find this is not the act of kids.

I was making a generalisation about young people, without sounding too much like a fogey. How can you be sure this isn't kids, bearing in mind anyone under 16 is a kid in most eyes.

Edit - sorry, late last night - not in the actual know - just reading previous posts which make me believe it is not kids...

[Jock Strap]

Shocking news! I am lost for words - does anyone have a photograph of the vandalism?

[Ticketty Boo!]

If somebody's starting a reward kitty, you can put me down for a tenner.

The fact that it's not fenced off; the fact that there's no perspex; the fact that it's not locked up; the fact that there's no security guard..................................

These are the reasons that I visit Kintyre

[Bitter End]

Weel weel noo T B., whin Ah wis a wee wean Ah cuild play in the big cave oan Aran an noo Ah hive tae go an ask fur a key fur tae git in tae show ma weans whit Ah saw! awl these years ago. Ah hope tae hell thet whin this picture his bin repaired thit we dont end up in the same position. An yes tae the ithir poster (Ourly) -whin the Glesga Dali wis slashed ther wis a hell o an uproar an the guid men steyed staunch an it wis repaired! as this shouild be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!