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| Canmore ID |
368420 |
SCRAP ID |
3293 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NX 51840 54117
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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 |
03/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
CAIRNHOLY |
Number |
10 |
| 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
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NX |
51840 |
54117 |
| Lat/Long |
54.85983 |
-4.30976 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- In private collection
- Surface find
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| Museum/Collection |
Private house - Cairnholy Steading |
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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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
Other:On patio of private house
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Burial Mound/Cairn
B5. Location Notes
This panel was discovered . It has been moved from this context and was, at time of recording, propped against the E conservatory wall on the E side of the new building of the Cairnholy Steading, near Cairnholy 2 chambered cairn. The panel was at one stage built into a dry stone wall, and was discovered during work on an existing building at this location when the present owners dismantled it in 2006 to re-build and improve the house. For a while it was loose in the rubble, where Brian Kerr photographed it for The Modern Antiquarian in 2008 which they labelled as Cairnholy 11 (here recorded as Cairnholy 10). It is believed he took the stone to a Scottish Heritage organisation for recording, later returned, where it is now situated propped against the wall of the new building.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.7 |
Width |
0.3 |
| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Greywacke
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
A long, thin panel measuring 0.7m by 0.3m in size. It has been carved with 2 cup and ring motifs; one with 3 rings, one with 4 rings. The panel, leaning against the conservatory wall, was discovered in a barn wall which was demolished to make way for the present house - Cairnholy Steading. The owners reported to the recorder that the panel was previously taken away and recorded by a Scottish heritage body.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cup and Rings
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2
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. 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 Yes
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
