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| Canmore ID |
14639 |
SCRAP ID |
2445 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 7806 8990
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Team |
NOSAS
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| Standing Stone |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
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Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Drumdivan |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG11839
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SM Number |
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Other |
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County
No County recorded
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
78060 |
89900 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
7806 |
8990 |
| Lat/Long |
57.88184 |
-4.05799 |
| Obtained By: |
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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| Position in landscape |
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| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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| 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
No notes added
Previous Notes
NH78NE 7 7808 8990.
Standing Stone (NR) OS 6" map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)
In Camore Wood, about 170 yards SE of E end of Loch-an-treel, is a standing stone - a large monolith of sandstone, roughly quadrangular at base, tapering to a point at its upper extremity. It is 8' 9" in height above ground, 2' 5" across W face at base, and 1' 10" across N. RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909. <1>
A standing stone, as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (A A) 31 March 1971.
Ploughed right to v edge of 5m exclusion zone - 12/2003
Dornoch Heritage Soc Site 1
Photographs of this stone were submitted to the HER in November 2010. D Scott reports that there are cup marks at the base of the stone, but these are not evident on photographs. <2>
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
