Lomo de la Fajana

Lomo de la Fajana is one of the key Benahoarita rock-art locations on La Palma, near El Paso. The Benahoaritas were the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of La Palma, before the Castilian conquest in the 15th century. The site is usually described as a basalt rock face or panel in the El Paso area, close to the ravine system around Barranco de Las Canales / Tenisca, and within walking distance of El Verde / El Cementerio.

Lomo de la Fajana contains a dense composition of Benahoarita geometric petroglyphs, including meanders, spirals, concentric circular forms, semi-circles, and distinctive radiating circular or soliform motifs. These radial forms are among the site’s most unusual features and have been interpreted, cautiously, in relation to solar symbolism, lunar reckoning, or broader ritual practice, though no interpretation is universally accepted.

Amongst some linear and meander motifs are some radial motifs.