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| Canmore ID |
368576 |
SCRAP ID |
3265 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 81905 50459
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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 |
02/10/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
LURGAN FARM |
Number |
15 |
| 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
PERTHSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NN |
81905 |
50459 |
| Lat/Long |
56.63103 |
-3.9267 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
SW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: Lime kiln
B5. Location Notes
The panel is on the flat upper surface of a large schist outcrop, measuring roughly 80m N-S, situated within a young plantation of mixed deciduous and pine about 100m N of the small settlement of Lurgan on a S facing hillside above upper Strath Tay. There are views through the trees to the hills on the S side of Strath Tay. The panel near to the E edge of the outcrop, which lies about 25m W of a wooden fence to a one-hole golf course and the houses of Lurgan beyond. There is some evidence of quarrying along the S and E edges of the outcrop, and it is likely that some of this stone has been used in the construction of a lime kiln, situated on the edge of the outcrop about 40m SSW of the main concentration of panels (and around 50m SW of Lurgan Farm 13). The outcrop is mainly covered in young trees, turf and vegetation, but has several exposed areas with carvings and it is likely that there are further carved surfaces beneath the vegetation. There are at least 14 other panels on this outcrop, alongside Lurgan Farm 15, which are all grouped under the same Canmore ID (Canmore 30455, ScRAP 2477): Lurgan Farm 1 is the closest, approximately 20m to the SW, and the main concentration of panels (Lurgan Farm 1-10) are approximately 30m to the SW. Lurgan Farm 11-12 and 13-14 are also on the outcrop, further to the SW.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.1 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
SW |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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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
C5. Panel Notes
A small, rectangular panel measuring 1.1 x 0.9m, rising to 0.2m at its maximum height. The rock surface is smooth and flat, with some natural pitting and cracks, and is level with the surrounding turf at its S and W edges. When recorded in October 2019, the panel was covered lightly with moss. It is carved with 1 large cup, and 1 possible smaller cup.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
1 possible cup, 1 possible tail (from large definite cup)
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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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.
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
In area of young/mixed forestry - tree growth may damage panels in future.
