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| Canmore ID |
12381 |
SCRAP ID |
298 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 49743 43925
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| GRAVESTONE |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
| CHURCH |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
| BURIAL GROUND |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
23/01/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
KILTARLITY, OLD PARISH CHURCH |
Number |
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| Other names |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Prehistoric |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
49743 |
43925 |
| New OS NGR |
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| Lat/Long |
57.46064 |
-4.50639 |
| Obtained By: |
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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| Position in landscape |
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| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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| 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
The graveyard was visited on 23 January 2020. Many of the slabs are covered in turf. The visible ones were examined and no cupmarks were found.
Previous Notes
NH44SE 1 49743 43925.
(NH 4972 4392) Church {NR} (In Ruins)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
The church of 'Kyntarlargyn' is mentioned in 1227.(A C MacLean 1915) The present building, the former parish church of Kiltarlity, was probably erected in the 16th cent. (W R Macdonald 1902) The dedication is said to have been to Thalargus, or, according to another account, to 'Tarrail', whose grave is said to be marked by 'Clach Tarrail'. (NH 44 SE 2) about 1/2 mile SW of the church. (C Fraser 1845) A new parish church was erected on the site of the present parish church in 1763. In the graveyard of the old church is at least one cup-marked stone, utilised as a grave stone (W Jolly 1882)
Kiltarlity parish was formed out of Convinth in 1226
T D Wallace 1911
The church is built of random masonry roughly coursed with rubble in-filling bonded with lime mortar, and measures 17.6m by 7.0m within a wall 0.9m thick. The gables stand to roof height, and are identical, each with two windows one above the other. The side walls stand to a maximum of c.2.5m. There are two entrances on the S. side. The interior is occupied by burial monuments.
No further information regarding the dedication.
There is no trace of the alleged cup-marked grave stone in the graveyard, which is still in use.
Visited by OS (R L) 11 March 1970
Not to be confused with Kiltarlity Parish Church of Scotland NH54SW 16
NH 4972 4392 The church (now roofless) stands on a sub-circular mound, 30ñ35m across, which in turn appears to overlie the NE quadrant of an oval enclosure, internally 45m EñW by 25m, contained within a bank 8ñ10m broad. There appears to have been a ditch between the mound and rising ground to the N. Possibly the church reused an early motte and bailey.
Archive: RCAHMS
Tom Welsh, 2013
(Source: DES)
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
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Width |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
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
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
