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| Canmore ID |
11785 |
SCRAP ID |
173 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NG 84086 16661
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
29/05/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALVRAID |
Number |
1 |
| 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 And Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NG |
84070 |
16670 |
| New OS NGR |
NG |
84086 |
16661 |
| Lat/Long |
57.18974 |
-5.57495 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| 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
- Burial Mound/Cairn
- Clearance cairn(s)
Other: Chambered cairn about 500m E
B5. Location Notes
The panel is situated on the top of an extensive clearance cairn in the gently SW sloping field of rough grazing. It lies about 20m SW of the rod along Gleann Beag, and the wire field fence, and 30m E of a house. The boulder has been quarried along its N and S edges, and has been moved from its original position, which was presumably in this field. There are several other small clearance cairns within 10m of the panel. The remains of a chambered cairn (Canmore ID 11800) lie about 500m E along Gleann Beag.
Previous Notes
"NG81NW 2 8407 1667.
(NG 84071667) Sculptured Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
A flat stone slab 3'9" x 2'9" bearing 30 distinct cup-marks was found in 1881 on a heap of stones gathered from the field. Permission for its removal to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] was refused.
J R Allen 1882.
As described.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 October 1966."
NG81NW 2 8407 1667.
(NG 84071667) Sculptured Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
A flat stone slab 3'9" x 2'9" bearing 30 distinct cup-marks was found in 1881 on a heap of stones gathered from the field. Permission for its removal to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] was refused.
J R Allen 1882.
As described.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 October 1966.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
clearance cairn |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.2 |
Width |
0.6 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
Height (min) |
0.2 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Bedding Planes
C5. Panel Notes
This is a rough rectangular stone measuring 1.2x0.6m and 0.3 thick, although it has been quarried along at least 2 edges, and opssibly part of its upper surface, and this is not its original shape. It lies at an angle, sloping to the SE. There is a marked diagonal N-s running step on its upper surface which divides the panel into an E and W section. The E section has at least 18 clear, deep cupmarks, 1 of which has a short groove and 2 of which are truncated by quarrying, as well as 4 possible cups and an elongated oval natural hollow. Several of the cups appear to be arranged in diagonal alignments across the panel. On the W section of the panel there are 5 clear cupmarks and 3 possible shallow cups. Part of the surface of this section may have been removed in the past.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
And 7 possible cups
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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22
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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
- 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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
