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| Canmore ID |
368539 |
SCRAP ID |
30 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
ND 02661 15572
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| Cup Marked Stone |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
25/10/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Helmsdale |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG29777
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
SUTHERLAND
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
ND |
02650 |
15570 |
| New OS NGR |
ND |
02661 |
15572 |
| Lat/Long |
58.11837 |
-3.65396 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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| Position in landscape |
Bottom of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| 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
B5. Location Notes
This small panel has been broken and reused in a stone wall in Stittenham Road, Helmsdale, opposite the church. The wall is the remains of a former building, with the doorways blocked up. The stone is placed at the top of the wall at the right-hand side of a former doorway. Symmetrically opposite, on the left-hand side of the former doorway, is a second similar stone, probably another fragment.
Previous Notes
Probable cup marked stone cut down & reused. Built into top of wall in garden of house opp the church in Stittenham Rd. NB this area of wall appears to have other features built into it. Cup markings on outside face. See photo - HAW 11/2002
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
Re-used in two pieces in a building which is now a garden wall |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.6 |
Width |
0.5 |
| 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 |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a fragment (0.6 x 0.5m) of a larger stone. It is a friable sandstone and the surface is weathered and worn with a large, probably relatively recent fissure cutting diagonally across it. There are about 16 cups of varying sizes, which may be natural. The second fragment is of similar size and even more worn. The surface is in poor condition. There is 1 clear cup and traces of 4 more, all at one end of the panel.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
Fragment 1: about 16 cups. A shallow groove runs across the panel, may be natural?
Fragment 2: one definite cup and 4 very worn possibles
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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17
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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
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
High in wall in urban street, unlikely to be noticed.
