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ACHNABRECK 6

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Canmore ID 76421 SCRAP ID 572
Location OS Grid Ref: NR 86200 90400 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED ROCK PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 07/02/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name ACHNABRECK Number 6
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ARGYLL

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NR 86200 90400
New OS NGR
Lat/Long 56.05853 -5.43549
Obtained By:

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Not located in the field
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather
Position in landscape
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.)
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • No selection

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

No notes added
Previous Notes

NR89SE 29 862 904 See also: NR89SE 2 Centred NR 85570 90690 Cup- and ring-marked rocks NR89SE 13 NR 85537 90197 Standing Stone NR89SE 19 NR 85664 90564 Cup- and ring-marked rock NR89SE 20 NR 85720 90655 Cup- and ring-marked rock NR89SE 27 NR 857 906 Cup-marked rock NR89SE 28 NR 860 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock NR89SE 30 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock NR89SE 31 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock NR89SE 32 NR 864 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock NR89SE 56 NR 85566 90814 Cup- and ring-marked rock Situated on high ground N of Achnabreck 5 (NR89SE 28) is a small lump outcrop which bears 14 cup-marks, six on its flattish top, three on the steep SW-sloping part, which also has a line of five near its foot. K Naddair, F Brown, J Tindal and L Lees 1989; NMRS, MS/316.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) Width
Height (max) Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness No selection Grain Size No selection Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type No selection

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

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

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • No selection

D2. Awareness

  • No selection
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added