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| Canmore ID |
368703 |
SCRAP ID |
3191 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NL 97208 43040
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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 |
28/05/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Tiree, Heylipol |
Number |
2 |
| Other names |
NT011 |
| 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
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NL |
97208 |
43040 |
| Lat/Long |
56.48178 |
-6.92009 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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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 |
Bottom of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
N |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
In a field of pasture, reed and some irises lie a number of rocks, many flush with ground level and hence partially covered in turf. The field slopes gently to the N, with extensive views over rough pasture just to the N and the whole N of the island beyond that. The field is bound by post and wire fencing, with a working farm to the NE. A tarmaced B-road running in an E-W direction lies just beyond the northern boundary. A line of telegraph wires and poles runs along the western side of the field, just within the western fence line. The field contains four other identified rock art panels. Due to the nature of the turf-covering of many of the rocks, there is a possibility there are more cups or more rocks in the field. These would only be discovered by stripping away more turf. There is a preponderance of other rock art panels in this western part of the island, lying in a rough N-S line.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2.6 |
Width |
1.3 |
| Height (max) |
0.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
N |
Carved Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
N |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Colour Bands
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
Other: Flake Spalling
C5. Panel Notes
This rock outcrop is roughly lozenge-shaped, with its long axis, 0.65m, orientated N-S. It lies flat on the surface of the ground, the highest point, 0.06m above ground surface, being towards the northern end. There are 2 cups at opposite ends of the long axis of the panel. The northern cup was hidden until two slabs of turf were peeled back to reveal it. The rock surface into which it is pecked is gently north sloping. The southern cup lies on the eastern margin of the rock and, at 2.5cm deep and 5cm across, is larger than the northern one.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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2
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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
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
The field has been grazed by farm animals for generations.
