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| Canmore ID |
340826 |
SCRAP ID |
497 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 65493 16219
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| ROCK CARVING |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
24/09/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
CREAG NA H-EARBA |
Number |
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| 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 |
Carving |
Period 1 |
18th Century |
County
PERTHSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NN |
65440 |
16230 |
| New OS NGR |
NN |
65493 |
16219 |
| Lat/Long |
56.31921 |
-4.17636 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| 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.) |
SW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The Canmore entry (340826) for this site is based upon a single report made in 1973, which included a monochrome photo.
This remote site has now been visited twice and studied in some detail. Two further adjacent panels have been found. One has the name J D CAMPBELL and an 18th century date inscribed on it plus other letters. The original panel has motifs of a similar style to this & the third panel and they all appear to be contemporary with each other - 18th century graffiti. There is nothing that would suggest prehistoric art of the cup & ring type.
Previous Notes
August 1973 Mr. Dickie recorded a curious rock surface.
Map sheet shows location at NN 655 629, however Dr J Close-Brooks from NMAS quotes Mr Dickie as giving the location 1 mile West-North-West at NN 644 167
A rock carving was reported to RCAHMS in August 1973 by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, who had in turn been notified by a member of the public. Correspondence includes a photograph of the carved surface (dated January 1973), a perspective sketch showing the position of the stone and an extract of an OS 6-inch map with the position annotated. The position given in correspondence dated 6 August 1973 (NN c. 644 167) differs from the position indicated by the annotated map extract included in correspondance of 14 August 1973 (NN c. 6544 1623). The second of these has been accepted with the understanding that it is imprecise and possibly inaccurate.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (GFG) 3 November 2017
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
Carvings dated to 18th Century
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
