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STRATH SGITHEACH BALNACRAE UPPER

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Canmore ID 368641 SCRAP ID 3018
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 52759 64286 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 07/08/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name STRATH SGITHEACH BALNACRAE UPPER Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 52759 64286
Lat/Long 57.64436 -4.4685
Obtained By: GPS

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.) Undulating
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) S

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

The panel is situated on a S facing slope overlooking river Sgitheach with Cioch Mhor pap visible to NW, Cromarty Firth, and both Sutors, visible in distance through gap in hills. Balnacrae Chambered Cairn (Canmore 12919) is 700m NE at a similar elevation. The panel lies in a broad shallow gully running SSE, with a minor burn to E. Strath Sgitheach Balnacrae Lower is approx. 100m S.

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) 2.2 Width 1.1
Height (max) 0.1 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
15 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface S Carved Surface S Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

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

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

C5. Panel Notes

Oval smoothly rounded panel 2.2m x 1.1m, sloping 15 degrees S. Smooth surface with prominent quartz vein. 15 cups down the centre. One cup has the hint of possible ring.

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
14
Cup and Rings
cup_and_ring_1
1

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

  • Panel was known before the project.
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