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| Canmore ID |
334164 |
SCRAP ID |
278 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NG 90840 55739
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| ROCK CARVING |
MODERN |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
18/04/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
TORRIDON, UAMH AN OIR |
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 |
Rock Carving |
Period 1 |
Modern |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NG |
90840 |
55740 |
| New OS NGR |
NG |
90840 |
55739 |
| Lat/Long |
57.54325 |
-5.49662 |
| Obtained By: |
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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
The carving is on the N-facing vertical surface of a large rock slab which has broken from the main outcrop. The location is popular for bouldering and the carving features on several climbing and bouldering websites.
Previous Notes
"On a large flat slab of rock facing N and lying immediately N of what used to be the space between two plantations, a celtic-style motif has recently been pecked out of the rock. No lichen growth shows this to be modern.
TOR96 051
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2014"
On a large flat slab of rock facing N and lying immediately N of what used to be the space between two plantations, a celtic-style motif has recently been pecked out of the rock. No lichen growth shows this to be modern.
TOR96 051
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2014
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
