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| Canmore ID |
368363 |
SCRAP ID |
888 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 69371 82299
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| Cairn |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
18/11/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Admiral's Farm |
Number |
2 |
| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG55126
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Kerb Cairn |
Period 2 |
Bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
69360 |
82310 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
69371 |
82299 |
| Lat/Long |
57.81116 |
-4.20023 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
- Provenance unknown
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
N |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel lies about 500m S of Admiral's Farm on the NE facing slope overlooking the Dornoch Firth. The panel is a small stone which is one of the remaining stones of a possible kerb cairn. The cairn is about 15m across and is visible as a slight bank of stones approximately 0.25m high and 1m wide. The majority of the stones are now covered with turf. There are several visible stones of a similar size to the cup marked stone around the SE arc of the bank of the cairn, and one large boulder on the SW. There is very little stone inside the bank but there is a single large boulder outside the bank on the E side directly opposite the cup marked stone. Within the bank of the cairn are about a dozen Scots pines of varying size and age, and one large tree lies just to the N of the cup marked stone. The ground around the cairn is rough grazing, with a large conifer plantation about 50m to the S and a recently clear felled plantation to the W beyond the nearby track. The track is probably used for forestry access at present but would have been used as a farm track and to access the Struie road (B9176) in the past. A footpath is signed from the track across the rough grazing about 12m to the N of the cairn and E to Rhainich Farm. There are many hut circles within sight of the cairn.
Previous Notes
About 500m south of Admirals Farm, are the remains of a kerb cairn, which ahs on its south east side what appears to be the remains of a small false portal formed by an outlying southern flanker and a cupmarked stone. The nearby kerbstones to the north and cupmarked stone have been disturbed and the other possible flanker of the portal is missing. From the cairn's centre a survey showed the cupmarked stone was in line with the rising sun in late October and January. This was confirmed at 8:45am on 31 October 2005. <1>
This may be one of the "small cairns" referred to in MHG8061. <2>
<1> Scott, D, 2005, Admirals Farm, Edderton, Easter Ross (Text/Manuscript). SHG25468.
<2> Tilbury, S, Comment by Sylvina Tilbury, HER Officer, 16/09/2011 (Verbal Communication). SHG23297.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.6 |
Width |
0.6 |
| Height (max) |
0.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
ESE |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Not Sure
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a small, roughly circular stone measuring 0.6 0.6m, set into the bank of the kerb cairn. It seems possible that the stone has been moved from its original position for reuse in the kerb cairn. The upper surface iof the stone features a single cup on its NE slope.
On the day of the visit the stone was completely covered with a considerable collection of empty polythene bags and the remains of a fallen tree. The bags may have been from the planting of the nearby conifer plantation but possibly from the nearby farm. These were replaced after recording and the measuring of the stone was approximate due to the rubbish. There were no poly bags on the rest of the cairn.
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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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
- Panel was known before the project.
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
The rubbish covering the stone is not damaging the stone but is not ideal and is of slight concern.
