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| Canmore ID |
368459 |
SCRAP ID |
3320 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 51291 60324
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
21/11/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DOCHNACLEAR |
Number |
2 |
| 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 Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
51291 |
60324 |
| Lat/Long |
57.60832 |
-4.49063 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
- Provenance unknown
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Undulating |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Improved Pasture
- Wood/Forest
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
This small stone is partially buried in a group of large stones deposited on the bank of a small burn on the lower S facing slope of Cioch Mhor. The site overlooks the valley of the Peffery River and the hill of Knockfarrel. The stone is about 8m W of the burn and 10m E of the post and wire fence. The stone is close to the place where Dochnaclear 1 (ScRAP 700, Canmore 12926) was found and there are further cup marked stones along the hillside (Fodderty 1, 2 and 3; ScRAP 1552, 3283 and 3284 respectively).
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) |
0.7 |
Width |
0.2 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NW |
Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This relatively small stone measures 0.7 x 0.25 m with a maximum height of 0.35m above the ground. The stone appears to have been broken at some point in the past, and is now partially buried beneath other large stones dumped beside the burn. The soil was dug out to expose the cupmarks, it is possible that more motifs may be revealed if the stone was lifted. The broken edges also may have resulted in the loss of some cups as there appears to be at least 4 partial cups on the N edge. There is 1 dumbbell and 5 or possibly 7 cupmarks.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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11
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
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.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
