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| Canmore ID |
39186 |
SCRAP ID |
181 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NR 78825 93750
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
| ROCK CUT BOWL |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
18/07/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
KILMAHUMAIG |
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 |
Rock Carving |
Period 1 |
Period Unknown |
| Classification 2 |
Garden Wall |
Period 2 |
Post Medieval |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NR |
78700 |
93700 |
| New OS NGR |
NR |
78825 |
93750 |
| Lat/Long |
56.08522 |
-5.55646 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| 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.) |
0 |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
Kilmahumaig 1 is located within the private grounds of Kilmahumaig house, in a residential garden. It has been incorporated into a stone wall dyke.
Previous Notes
NR79SE 33 787 937.
On a newly exposed rock outcrop in the garden of Kilmahumaig House, an oval rock-cut basin has a rounded bottom, and the rim is not level as the SE facing rock-surface is uneven. c.30m SE there is a possible cup-mark, and c.10m on either side of the basin there are small (1cm diameter) holes, in the SE of which a small piece of iron survives. The basin is close to the NE-SW boundary wall and the rock sheet appears to run under this, but no additional features have been found on the continuation so far uncovered.
M Murray and M Murray 1986.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
Contained within a stone wall dyke. |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.1 |
Width |
0.7 |
| Height (max) |
0.7 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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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
C5. Panel Notes
This panel is a small roughly rectangular stone measuring 1.1 x 0.7m, and 0.7m high. Its N side has a stone wall built over it. Relatively centrally, a little to the north on the panel is a large rock cut basin, approximately 25cm diameter and 16cm in depth, with a very smooth surface, with some visible peck marks at the bottom of the basin. The rest of the rock has a consistently hard smooth surface of medium grained schist. There is a possible cupmark on the NE corner of the panel, though the rough surface makes this uncertain.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
and 1 possible cupmark
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
Panel is incorporated into a stone wall dyke in a residential garden.
