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WESTER CRAIGLANDS

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Canmore ID 14328 SCRAP ID 140
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 70000 57000 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name WESTER CRAIGLANDS Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NH 70000 57000
New OS NGR
Lat/Long 57.58426 -4.17599
Obtained By:

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather
Position in landscape
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.)
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • No selection

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

No notes added
Previous Notes

"NH75NW 12 c. 70 57 A large cup-marked boulder was found in a clay-pit on the farm of Wester Craiglands. It bears twelve cup-marks, each about 2 1/2" in diameter and set close together. They are locally known as 'The Twelve Sons of Jacob'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1912."

NH75NW 12 c. 70 57 A large cup-marked boulder was found in a clay-pit on the farm of Wester Craiglands. It bears twelve cup-marks, each about 2 1/2" in diameter and set close together. They are locally known as 'The Twelve Sons of Jacob'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1912.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) Width
Height (max) Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness No selection Grain Size No selection Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type No selection

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

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

Cupmark
cupmark_1
12

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • No selection

D2. Awareness

  • No selection
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added