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| Canmore ID |
370733 |
SCRAP ID |
3398 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NC 60083 34709
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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 |
01/09/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DUN CREAGACH |
Number |
3 |
| 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 Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Millstone Quarry |
Period 2 |
Period Unknown |
County
SUTHERLAND
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NC |
60083 |
34709 |
| Lat/Long |
58.27868 |
-4.38758 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Undulating |
| 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
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Hut circle(s)
B5. Location Notes
The panel lies in bracken and moorland on the NNE facing slope of a low knoll on the SE side of Loch Naver and the NW slopes of Ben Klebreck. It is one of many boulders scattered across the slope. To the SE (about 50m) there is a degraded hut circle, visible as a scatter of boulders with the NW arc now below the turf.
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2.5 |
Width |
1.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
Height (min) |
0.1 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This is is a large irregularly shaped boulder measuring 2.50m NW-SE by 1.40m and rising to a maximum height of 0.3m. The surface of the boulder is covered with natural pits and hollows but at the ENE side there is a series of 14 rings with pronounced upstanding 'boss-like' centres, some with central cups or short linear grooves. There are a few deep circular hollows with flattish bases as if some rock material had been removed. Some of the rings are on the side of the boulder others along the top surface, and 1 partial ring on the N edge. There are 4 possible small cups and some short linear grooves on the top of the boulder. It is not certain that any of these markings are rock art, and the ring shapes are more characteristic of miniature and/or medieval 'pot querns'.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
The ring shaped features are more likely to be quern roughouts than rock art
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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4
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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
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
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
