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| Canmore ID |
368628 |
SCRAP ID |
3060 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 44127 59706
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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 |
19/11/2017 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
ROGIE UPPER |
Number |
16 |
| 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 Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
44127 |
59706 |
| Lat/Long |
57.60036 |
-4.61 |
| 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.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located on the upper part of a gentle SSW facing slope, in a rough grass clearing in coniferous forest. The surrounding trees are 6-8m tall and obscure what would have been extensive views across the valley of the Black Water to the S. The panel lies roughly 60m S of the railway line and approximately 60m NE of a track which continues NW to the railway line. The clearing also contains the ruins of a possible dun, which consists of a raised circular bank containing large stones and of 12m internal diameter. The dun is elevated on a low hillock within the clearing. The panel lies 7m from the edge of the bank. The Rogie Upper panel 17 lies 35m to the ESE and the Rogie Upper panel 73 about 80m NE. Neither are visible through the trees.
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) |
2.4 |
Width |
1.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.6 |
Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
SSW |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
This is an irregular, roughly oval rock with a narrower, pointed extension on its E edge. The rock measures 2.4m in length by 1.85m in width, with its longer axis running N/S. It is low lying with a maximum height of 0.6m. It has a smooth surface with a number of shallow natural hollows and it slopes gently to the SSW. Two shallow natural fissures run at right angles to each other, approximately N/S and E/W across the panel, forming a N and E boundary to the group of cups. A deep natural fissure runs roughly N/S at the E edge of the panel, separating it from the pointed extension. There are 8 cups near the top of the higher W surface of the panel, one large and 7 small. A number of shallow hollows on the panel were thought to be natural but might possibly be cups.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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7
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Access is managed by a national organisation.
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.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
Forestry operations may be a risk, as the panel is found within a densely wooded area.
