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| Canmore ID |
15019 |
SCRAP ID |
1007 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 86800 48700
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Team |
NOSAS
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
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Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
LITTLE URCHANY |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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County
NAIRN
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
86800 |
48700 |
| New OS NGR |
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| Lat/Long |
57.51428 |
-3.89132 |
| Obtained By: |
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- In private collection
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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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
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
No notes added
Previous Notes
NH84NE 8 869 487.
Part of a cup-marked stone was found about 1882 in the wall of a farm-building at Little Urchany Wester (? Area NH 869 487). The building, which had been built about 1812, had lately fallen.
The cup-marked fragment is of yellow sandstone and has been split and has part of its corner removed. It measures 2' 1" by 8 1/2" broad at one end and 7 1/2" at the other.
It bears 12 complete cups, 2" to 3 1/2" wide and from 1 3/8" to 1/2" deep, and two or three incomplete.
It was taken to Cawdor Castle (NH 8471 4987) for preservation.
W Jolly 1882.
According to local information, stones from the Clava-type ring-cairn (NH84NE 1) were used in the construction of farm-buildings at Wester Little Urchany. The cup-marked stone is still preserved at Cawdor Castle.
Visited by OS (NKB) 21 January 1971.
This stone could originally have come from either of the ring cairns NH84NE 1 or 2. It is still at Cawdor Castle.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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12
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
