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| Canmore ID |
78355 |
SCRAP ID |
351 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 56044 01553
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
20/11/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALLOCHRAGGAN |
Number |
9 |
| 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 |
Natural Feature |
Period 1 |
Period Unassigned |
County
PERTHSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NN |
56040 |
01610 |
| New OS NGR |
NN |
56044 |
01553 |
| Lat/Long |
56.18478 |
-4.32101 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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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
This is an upstanding boulder on a small hillock on the S facing slope above Arntomie. It is a conglomerate erratic with numerous inclusions and natural hollows on the surface. There are several large natural circular depressions on one side of the boulder that have been identified in previous records as cupmarks.
Previous Notes
NN50SE 42 5604 0161
145m OD. A loose boulder bears 14 cups, some possibly natural.
M van Hoek 1989.
This boulder is as described above.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, DRE) 15 May 1995
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
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
