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| Canmore ID |
70012 |
SCRAP ID |
202 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NT 06353 56601
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP AND RING MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
01/11/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
CROSSWOOD |
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 |
| Classification 2 |
Cairn |
Period 2 |
Modern |
County
WEST LOTHIAN
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NT |
06390 |
56590 |
| New OS NGR |
NT |
06353 |
56601 |
| Lat/Long |
55.7936 |
-3.49516 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sun and light shower
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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.) |
W |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Burial Mound/Cairn
- Clearance cairn(s)
B5. Location Notes
A large clearance cairn containing several possible carved stones including Crosswood 1 (Canmore 70012) lies in a field on the lower slopes of a W facing hillside, about 1km ESE of Mid Crosswood Farm and 500m SE of where the Crosswood Burn runs into Crosswood Reservoir. The cairn is formed of large boulders and is about 1.7m high and 5m long x 4m broad, and is presumably the result of mechanical field clearance. Crosswood 1 is a sub-rectangular boulder at the SE of the cairn and near the ground, with the carved surface facing S. It is possible that some of the stones in the clearance cairn have been removed from a prehistoric burial cairn.
The cairn sits 25m NW of a field gate and fence with Crosswood Burn about 200m away and downhill, flowing between the cairn and Mid Crosswood Farm. There are three similar clearance cairns in the vicinity, Canmore 72638 lying 25m SE of Crosswood 1, Canmore 72637 and 70836 further to the W. An old railway carriage, Canmore 357474 also sits in the middle of the field below.
Previous Notes
NT05NE 12 0639 5659
A Mr K Bowman and a Mr K Waldron have noted four cup-marked stones in a field clearance heap to the S of Crosswood Reservoir. One stone has double spirals, and a cup-mark with emanating chips and pecked edges. A further cup and ring-marked stone was found on top of the clearance heap. The local shepherd indicated that the stones had been put there some 15 years ago when the field was ploughed.
Information from letter from K Waldron, 1990.
Towards the W end of a patch of recently cleared ground, there is a pile of field-gathered boulders. Four of the boulders are decorated with motifs which include spirals, rings and cup-marks. The stones were gathered together in about the mid-1970's.
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 9 November 1990.
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) |
0.9 |
Width |
0.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
S |
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 |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This sub-rectangular panel (0.9m x 0.8m) has been quarried from an unknown site, with clear signs of chisel marks surviving on 2 of the sides. These are regular and unlike more recent quarry markings, and are possibly prehistoric. A groove runs around the edge of panel on the two sides with quarry marks, defining the shape of the panel and partly enclosing the motifs. The panel surface is relatively smooth, albeit with a few indistinct marks which may also have resulted from the quarrying process. There is one nearly complete ring, with modest damage, but no apparent cup mark. Above this motifs are two left-hand spirals, with evidence of a shallow cup, grouped next to one another. One has a long tail leading towards the edge of the rock surface. No tool or peck marks were visible in the carvings. As the panel was within a cairn, the N arrow on the Panel Sketch reflects its current orientation, and not its original location in the landscape.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
Photos from 1990 and 1994 show carvings clearly. The stone has slipped in position since then and the carvings are mostly now lichen covered and much less visible.
C7. MOTIFS
Simple Ring
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1
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Spiral
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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
- 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
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
Although no animals present at the moment, there is evidence of sheep and cattle presence in the past. On a second visit sheep were present. There is also a potential threat of further field clearance.
