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| Canmore ID |
39133 |
SCRAP ID |
1351 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NR 78817 97055
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP AND RING MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
| CUP MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
14/11/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
ARDIFUIR |
Number |
11 |
| 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 Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NR |
78810 |
97060 |
| New OS NGR |
NR |
78817 |
97055 |
| Lat/Long |
56.11486 |
-5.55933 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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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.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
Ardifuir 11 is located at the col below and to the N of Dun an Fheidh, and immediately to the N of a stone dyke. The land rises steeply to the N and SE, and Ardifuir 13 (ScRAP 2262, Canmore 39145) is located about 30m to the NNE. To the E the land drops steeply to the valley, before rising again in a NE-SW running rocky ridge along which Ardifuir 2-7 are located, and visible from Ardifuir 11. To the W there are clear views to the sea and Jura.
Previous Notes
NR79NE 13 7881 9706
In the col on the N flank of Dun an Fheidh and immediately N of a stone wall about 180m NNW of Ardifuir dun (NR79NE 2) there is a gently sloping rock-sheet, which bears one cup and two rings, four cups and single rings (two with gutters) and ten plain cupmarks.
Visited by RCAHMS May 1980.
R W B Morris 1973; 1977; RCAHMS 1988.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS 21 August 1973 and 1 February 1977.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2.5 |
Width |
2.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
0 |
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 |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Medium
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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
A large, roughly square panel measuring 2.5 x 2.4m, with a maximum height of 0.4m and level with the ground elsewhere. The rock surface slopes gently to the E and is domed to the N, with multiple fissures running N-S and one large fissure running E-W. The panel is carved with 1 cup with two rings, 2 cups with one ring or partial rings, 3 cups with penannulars and radials, and 12 simple cups, of which two are shallow and only possible cups.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
2 possible cups
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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10
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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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
- There are shrubs growing on the rock surface.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
