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| Canmore ID |
157907 |
SCRAP ID |
209 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 93123 14352
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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 |
25/11/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
MILTON OF BALNAPOUL SLUGGAN |
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 |
Cup And Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
93120 |
14370 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
93123 |
14352 |
| Lat/Long |
57.20742 |
-3.77091 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
NNW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel overlooks the broad flat valley of the River Spey, from about 50m up a steep N facing slope, on a slight spur. It is situated in moorland in an area with sparse birch trees, and thickets of juniper and broom. The more open areas are largely covered in bracken.
Previous Notes
NH91SW 47 9312 1437
There is a boulder with a number of cup-markings on its upper surface, situated on a moderately steep NNW-facing slope.
T Holden and M Dalland (Headland Archaeology) 25 June 1999; NMRS MS 899/170, no.6
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
4.5 |
Width |
3.5 |
| Height (max) |
2.6 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Psammite
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a large boulder of brown gritty psammite, 4.5m x 3.5m and 2.6m high at the N end. The motifs are all on the top surface of the rock, which has a N-S cleavage, and some of them are in rows reflecting the rock structure. A section of the rock at the E is separated from the main rock by a deep fissure, and has 9 cups, 7 of which are joined. The main (W) part of the panel has 20 single cups, a dumbell, a groove, a cup-and-groove motif which respect the 'grain' of the rock, and one prominent cup-and-groove motif which cuts across it. When located, the whole boulder was thickly covered in mosses and lichens of various sorts. The sloping area at the W was carefully examined and no motifs found, and the area was not cleared.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Groove
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1
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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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
- There are shrubs growing on the rock surface.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
