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| Canmore ID |
14635 |
SCRAP ID |
352 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 79600 89500
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| STANDING STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
20/07/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
MANSE OF DORNOCH |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG11835
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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 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Standing Stone |
Period 2 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
SUTHERLAND
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
79600 |
89500 |
| New OS NGR |
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| Lat/Long |
57.87866 |
-4.03184 |
| 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 site, a large house, previously the Church of Scotland Manse, was visited. According to the record the stone is no longer at the front door of the building. The occupant of the building has no knowledge of a cup marked stone. It is possible that during the period between the discovery in 1909 and the present day the stone was removed to a secure location, possibly Dunrobin museum or Inverness museum or it may have been completely lost.
Previous Notes
NH78NE 3 7960 8950
(NH 7960 8950) At the Manse of Dornoch is a triangular slab of micaceous schist, measuring 12" long by 9 1/2" across the base, showing five well-defined cup marks and portions of other three at the broken edge of the stone. Towards the apex of the triangle is a single cup mark, 1 1/8" diameter, with another below it 2 1/4" diameter by 1/2" deep, and near the centre of the triangle a row of three and another row parallel to the last at the base.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
It is recalled locally that this stone stood at the front door of the manse, but it was lost some years ago and its present whereabouts is unknown.
Visited by OS (A A) 31 March 1971.
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 (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
