Rock Art Database

CARSWELL

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Canmore ID 16243 SCRAP ID 188
Location OS Grid Ref: NJ 13300 62000 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
CAIRN PERIOD UNASSIGNED
Date Fieldwork Started 26/04/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name CARSWELL Number
Other names
HER/SMR NJ16SW0011
SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
MORAYSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NJ 13300 62000
New OS NGR
Lat/Long 57.63956 -3.45389
Obtained By:

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Not located in the field
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • No selection

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

Carsewell farmhouse is divided into flats and the surrounding area developed for housing. I asked at a few houses but nobody knew anything about either a cairn or a cup marked stone.

Previous Notes

NJ16SW 15 centred 133 620. In a round cairn, on the farm of Carsewell, a cist with a cup-marked end slab was found. There were thirty-seven cup-marks, occurring on both sides of the slab. J G Phillips 1898. The grave had been previously disturbed. Nothing was known about the cairn or cup-marked stone at Carswell farm. Visited by OS (W D J) 19 August 1963.

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

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • No selection

D2. Awareness

  • No selection
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added