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WHITEFIELD, 'YARROW STONE'

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Canmore ID 53078 SCRAP ID 3380
Location OS Grid Ref: NT 34795 27442 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 02/09/2020 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name WHITEFIELD, 'YARROW STONE' Number
Other names Liberalis Stone; Warrior's Rest
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Gravestone Period 1 Early Medieval
Classification 2 Inscribed Stone Period 2 Early Medieval
County
SELKIRKSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NT 34795 27442
Lat/Long 55.53632 -3.0347
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Light Rain
Position in landscape Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Undulating
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) SE

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

The stone is as described in previous Canmore records. It was photographed and 3D modelled by the Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife Team for the Scotland's Rock Art Project. The Canmore record also gives an alternative name for the Yarrow Stone as the Warrior's Rest. The Warrior's Rest is a separate stone (Canmore 53054) in the same area.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) Width
Height (max) Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness No selection Grain Size No selection Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type No selection

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

C5. Panel Notes

No notes added

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is not mentioned

Comments

There are no neolithic/bronze age cup or ring marks or other such rock art. The stone is inscribed in Latin as per the Canmore record.

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.

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
  • No selection
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
Human
  • The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats

There is an informtion panel beside the stone. The stone is enclosed by a wooden fence. This fence is now delapidated and animals can graze beside the stone and sheep have been rubbing agianst the stone surface. If this continues the latin inscription is likely to be further eroded and will disappear. There is a need to repair the surrounding fence.