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| Canmore ID |
12023 |
SCRAP ID |
81 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NG 94450 21200
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
30/05/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
TIGH-GEAL |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Natural Feature |
Period 1 |
Period Unassigned |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NG |
94450 |
21200 |
| New OS NGR |
NG |
94450 |
21200 |
| Lat/Long |
57.23521 |
-5.40753 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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| Position in landscape |
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| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
This large boulder is located about 5m NW of the road in rough grazing. It is sloping at an angle and there are several natural circular and sub-circular depressions on the sloping surface.
Previous Notes
NG92SW 8 9445 2120
See also NG92SE 4.
A number of boulders bearing numerous cup-marks lie about half a mile SE of the manse of Kintail, between the road and the river.
T Wallace 1897.
At NG 9445 2120 is a naturally placed boulder bearing on its upper surface, sloping to the N, at least a dozen heavily weathered cup-marks probably more. The boulder, which measures 1.4m by 1.8m by 0.6m thick, is incorporated in a ruinous field dyke. No other boulders were located in this area but see NG92SE 4.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 13 June 1974.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
