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DUNLICHITY FARM

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Canmore ID 13222 SCRAP ID 176
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 65920 32710 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED ROCK PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 28/02/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name DUNLICHITY FARM Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Natural Feature Period 1 Period Unassigned
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NH 65920 32710
New OS NGR NH 65920 32710
Lat/Long 57.36505 -4.23084
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
Position in landscape Top 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

  • Improved Pasture

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

A sheet of rock outcrop on the crest of a spur in rough pasture to the S of Dunlichity Steading/Farm.

Previous Notes

"NH63SE 4 6592 3271. Two cup marks were found by Hugh Ross, teacher at Farr Public School, on the top of an isolated crag of rock, in the SW corner of a field in front of Clachan farmhouse and five hundred yards due south of Dunlichity church. One is 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep, the other is 3 1/2 inches diameter and 7/8 inches deep. There are traces of others on the same rock. W Jolly 1882. This "isolated crag" is a rock outcrop at NH 6592 3271, with two circular depressions as described by Jolly (W Jolly 1882), in its flat top. The larger one is probably a weathering mark, as are the traces of others he mentions. The smaller is a perfectly circular depression, possibly a cupmark, but its association with the others suggests that it may also be a weathering mark. Visited by OS (A A) 16 April 1970. A sheet of rock outcrop on the crest of a spur to the S of Dunlichity steading bears two cupmarks. The N cup measures 75mm in diameter and 20mm in depth. The S cup measures 120mm acros"

NH63SE 4 6592 3271. Two cup marks were found by Hugh Ross, teacher at Farr Public School, on the top of an isolated crag of rock, in the SW corner of a field in front of Clachan farmhouse and five hundred yards due south of Dunlichity church. One is 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep, the other is 3 1/2 inches diameter and 7/8 inches deep. There are traces of others on the same rock. W Jolly 1882. This "isolated crag" is a rock outcrop at NH 6592 3271, with two circular depressions as described by Jolly (W Jolly 1882), in its flat top. The larger one is probably a weathering mark, as are the traces of others he mentions. The smaller is a perfectly circular depression, possibly a cupmark, but its association with the others suggests that it may also be a weathering mark. Visited by OS (A A) 16 April 1970. A sheet of rock outcrop on the crest of a spur to the S of Dunlichity steading bears two cupmarks. The N cup measures 75mm in diameter and 20mm in depth. The S cup measures 120mm across and 30mm in depth. (USN93 46) Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 2 December 1992.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Outcrop

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 4.2 Width 2
Height (max) 1.1 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
10 degrees 0 degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface N Carved Surface N Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Very Coarse Visible Anomalies Quartz Veins
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Natural Hollows
  • Weathering Channels
  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

This panel is part of an outcrop that measures 4.2x2m which includes natural hollows, weathering channels and a rough surface. Two possible cupmarks can be found on the surface of the rock, although they are almost certainly natural features.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

Large cup (120mm across, 30mm deep) is probably natural weathering. Smaller cup (75mm across, 20mm deep) is possibly also natural weathering.

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.
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 cattle near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added