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| Canmore ID |
76397 |
SCRAP ID |
328 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NM 88404 01450
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
| CIST |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
01/08/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
GLASVAAR |
Number |
6 |
| 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 |
Field Boundary |
Period 1 |
19-20th Century |
| Classification 2 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 2 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NM |
88400 |
01400 |
| New OS NGR |
NM |
88404 |
01450 |
| Lat/Long |
56.15862 |
-5.40892 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| other |
Field wall |
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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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
- Burial Mound/Cairn
B5. Location Notes
Glasvaar 6, previously recorded as a cupmarked stone and possible cist-cover on Canmore, was not located despite an intensive search of the area within at least 100m of the grid reference. Instead, the survey identified a large stone, with several circular drill holes bearing some similarities to cupmarks, in a location matching the Canmore description. The stone currently forms the end of a field wall at the N/NW corner of the field immediately to the S of Glasvaar farmhouse, on the right of the track leading up to the farm. Four of the circular holes contain the remains of iron fence posts set into the rock, and their relative positions suggest that the stone was previously lying horizontally at the junction of two fence lines. It is possible - but unlikely - that these depressions were originally cupmarks that were later modified to contain the fence posts.
Previous Notes
NM80SE 60 884 014.
Forming the top corner of the nearest field wall to the farm on its NW side is a possible cist cover with 3 cup marks and two shallow rectangular recesses.
K Naddair, F Brown, J Tindal and L Lees 1989.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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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
Possible
Comments
There is a very slight possibility three or more of the circular depressions used for fencing attachment (or similar) are modified cupmarks.
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
