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STRATH SGITHEACH CNOC A' MHUILINN 11

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Canmore ID 368645 SCRAP ID 3272
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 51326 62639 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 29/03/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name STRATH SGITHEACH CNOC A' MHUILINN Number 11
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 51326 62639
Lat/Long 57.6291 -4.49147
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
Position in landscape Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) SE

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Moorland

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

  • Other rock art
  • Settlement
  • Hut circle(s)

B5. Location Notes

The panel is situated within a shallow gully on open SSE sloping moorland with scattered plantations of trees, overlooking Strath Sgitheach and with longer range views SE to the Black Isle. It is within an extensive area of hut circles and field systems on the N side of Strath Sgitheach.

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) 0.8 Width 0.6
Height (max) 0.4 Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
20 degrees 0 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
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Weathering Channels
  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a ridge shaped block of schist with a triangular profile, measuring 0.8 x 0.6m and a maximum height of 0.4m. The carved surface faces S and is corrugated by a series of low ridges in the rock. There are 4 shallow cups and 1 possible cup.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

4 cups and 1 possible

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
4

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.
  • This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added