Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

PERTHSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

• No selection

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

• Other rock art
• Field System

Other: STONE DYKE

B5. Location Notes

The carved stone has been incorporated into the terminus of a drystone dyke which runs NNW to SSE. The dyke ends to the SSE of the carved stone at approximately 5m distance where it turns at roughly 90 degrees and continues to the SW for several metres. The carved stone is positioned withina relatively flat area of rough grazing with ascending slopes to the west, north and north-east. To the S there are undulating mounds which, beyond the road and the line of sight, drop to the banks of Loch Tay. The slopes of the hills on the southern side of Loch Tay are visible in the distance. Vegetation around the panel primarily consists of long grasses. Other rock art panels (Canmore ID: 238574) are within the vicinity, and although not visible beneath the high vegetation, are within line of sight further up the slopes of Ben Lawers.

Previous Notes

NN63NE 103 65022 38285 This remarkable cup-marked stone has been incorporated into the basal course of a drystone dyke, the robbing of which has left it exposed. The stone has been trimmed along its N and S edges, presumably during the construction of the dyke, and it now measures 0.9m in length by 0.6m in breadth, its slightly convex upper surface rising 0.1m above ground. It bears about 70 cups, most of them arranged in a series of nine closely-spaced rows across the breadth of the stone. The cups measure up to 60mm in diameter and 20mm in depth. (BL00 1677) Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 31 October 2000.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

• No selection

C5. Panel Notes

The flat, upwards facing surface of this rock has been elaborately carved with numerous motifs. It is likely that this rock has been quarried from a larger outcrop at some point and subsequently moved here in the 1800's; this is especially likely as some of the cupmarks appear to have been cut where the rock has been quarried. There are approximately 53 cupmarks, two of which are possible, one dumbell, and two cups with possible, partial rings, both of which are only particularly visible in the photogrammetric model. The cupmarks have been laid out in lines across the panel surface, the most southwestern of which becomes a 'Y' shape. There is a clear central line of cupmarks and another line to the NE side of the rock. A ridge at the NE edge of the panel has an area of quartz.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

• Right to Roam access.
• Panel is on Private land.

D2. Awareness

• Panel was known before the project.

There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural

• Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.

Animal

Human

• No selection

Comments and other potential threats

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