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BALNAFOICH 2

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Canmore ID 368386 SCRAP ID 3056
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 68401 35060 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 26/11/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name BALNAFOICH Number 2
Other names Scheduled as "Balnafoich, cupmarks 320m SSW of" on SM11557
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 68401 35060
Lat/Long 57.38687 -4.19088
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Sunny Intervals
Position in landscape Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) SE

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art

B5. Location Notes

Found on the W bank of the River Nairn, opposite the confluence with the River Farnack, is a SE facing slope of rough pasture with many boulders. One of these is a large boulder which stands 1.5m high and can be found towards the bottom of the slope at the edge of an area of rough grazing, approximately 10m W of another panel known as Balnafoich 1 (Canmore ID: 13149). The local name, Balnafoich, is mis-spelt on the OS 1:25k map as Balnaoich.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 4.3 Width 3
Height (max) 1.5 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
0 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies Quartz Veins
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

This panel is a rough and angular schist boulder, 4.3m in length, 3.0m in width and 1.5m in height. It has been carved with 3 cup marks: one can be found at the central highest point, where the second two can be found on a separate high point close to the edge of the boulder.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
3

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

  • No selection
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
  • There are sheep near the rock.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added