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| Canmore ID |
368691 |
SCRAP ID |
3214 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NL 97822 41299
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
30/05/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Tiree, Cadruim |
Number |
1 |
| Other names |
NT022 |
| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NL |
97822 |
41299 |
| Lat/Long |
56.46659 |
-6.90814 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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| Position in landscape |
Top of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Undulating |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
Towards the southern part of the W of the island there is a large area of flat ground between the high ground of the Hynish peninsula, Ben Hynish and Carnan Mor to the W, and the sea to the E. This flat area of rough pasture, divided by a regular network of field boundaries, has a series of rocky outcrops or cnocs on it. In a field to the south of the B8067 road from Balephuil to Balemartin, passing through this flat area, lie two prominent cnocs (rock outcrops) containing rock art panels. The smaller, more northerly one, just NE of the house and garden at the NW of the field, is Cadruim 2, bearing 1 cupmark. 150m further S, higher up the N-facing field, is the larger Cadruim 1, a prominent cnoc made of several rock surfaces. There are other similar cnocs with rock art panels visible from this panel. Ben Mannel lies 1km to the SW. The Balinoe panels lie 500m N.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
10.5 |
Width |
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| Height (max) |
3.5 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
0 |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This large rocky outcrop stands prominently at the crest of a north facing field of rough pasture. It's footprint is roughly rhomboidal, 10.5m along its longest NW-SE axis, by 5.5 m NE-SW. The cnoc consists of a number of different components as the constituent rock has fissured and eroded over time. The highest rock component, to the NE of the outcrop is 3.5m above the surrounding ground. There are seven parts or surfaces of this complex structure on which cups were identified:
• Panel A: at the NE extreme of the cnoc, like a flat shelf, 0 degrees of slope, a single cup, measuring 48mm diameter, 8mm deep.
• Panel B: on another sloping shelf, just south of A, 16 degrees of slope orientated SW, a single cup, measuring 0.04848
• Panel C: at the SE corner of the cnoc, a single cup, measuring 60mm diam, 8mm deep, on an almost horizontal shelf, facing NE
• Panel D: almost at the centre of the cnoc, at the top, a cluster of 10 cups, varying from 40-100mm diam, up to 30mm deep, on a surface that sloped 18degrees to the S.
• Panel E: a cluster of 5 cups, varying from 40-85mm diam, up to 23mm deep, on a surface orientated to the S, 11 degree slope.
• Panel F: a single cup, 60mm diam, 10mm deep, on a surface facing to the SW, sloping 16 degrees
• Panel G: at the top of the cnoc, on a shelf at the northern and highest surface, which slopes 10 degrees to the N, are a cluster of 8 cups, up to 63mm diameter and up to 8mm deep.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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27
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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 Yes
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
- There is evidence of burning on the rock surface.
Comments and other potential threats
The outcrop is surrounded by rough grazing which has been grazed by domestic stock for generations. When John Wombell, NOSAS member, first saw the outcrop he removed a plug of tar from one of the cups. It is possible to identify the rough limits of fire damage on the top surface of the outcrop, as shown in one of the sketches. The surface has been seriously roughened and scalped/spalled by fire damage. Only 2 of the 27 cups have not been affected.
