Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

ARGYLL

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

• No selection

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

• Other rock art
• Burial Mound/Cairn
• Stone Circle
• Standing Stone

B5. Location Notes

Positioned at the lowest point of Kilmartin Glen in flat fields approximately 80m to the north-west of the Kilmartin burn and 250m to the south-east of Temple Wood stone circles (Canmore ID: 39504; 39517) is a monument comprising of multiple standing stones (Canmore ID: 39471). Three of these standing stones have been decorated with cup and cup and ring motifs including the NW stone, the central stone, and the SE stone. The linear monument runs SW to NE and can be found in a field on the W side of the B 8025 road just before it meets the A 816 to the NE of the site. 500m to the SW is Ri Cruin cairn (Canmore ID: 39456); 250m to the WNW are the stone circles at Temple Wood (Canmore ID: 39504) and 300m to the N is Nether Largie South chambered cairn (Canmore ID: 39460). A public footpath path runs from a small foot bridge across the Kilmartin burn in the east, through the middle of the linear monument directly passing the central standing stone, before continuing west towards the Temple Wood stone circles. At the time of survey the field was in use for sheep grazing and the vegetation was low around the monument.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

• Fissures/cracks

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is one of three standing stones within the grouping of standing stones at Nether Largie which is decorated with cup, or cup-and-ring markings. The panel is the stone furthest to the NW in the grouping. The NW standing stone measures 2.5 along the longest axis of the carved face, which is the upright SW-oriented face of the stone. This surface measures 1.6 m across and 0.3 in thickness (given as the height in the dimensions for the stone). As it is an upright stone, the carved face is at approximately 90 degrees to the ground. The panel is marked by long, linear fissures running vertically and horizontally across its surface. The motifs comprises a group of 4 cupmarks arranged in a diamond formation lying in the lowest section of the stone, offset to the S from the centre. It is possible that the motifs were carved before the stone was used in this setting, and thus the panel may not be in its original location.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

• Right to Roam access.
• Panel is on Private land.
• Access is managed by a national organisation.
• There is and interpretation on site.

D2. Awareness

• 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

• The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
• The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.

Comments and other potential threats

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