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| Canmore ID |
10452 |
SCRAP ID |
627 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NF 94725 70880
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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 |
02/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
NORTH UIST, PORTAIN |
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 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Prehistoric |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NF |
94900 |
70700 |
| New OS NGR |
NF |
94725 |
70880 |
| Lat/Long |
57.62414 |
-7.11556 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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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.) |
E |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: Sheiling huts or pens
B5. Location Notes
The panel is situated in a stone tumble on the E side of a steep rocky scarp, close to the base of the slope. It is located in moorland on the S edge of a large mound of stones that includes a number of small sub-circular structures that are possibly sheiling huts or animal pens (see Newman D and Auger R, 2018, Six 'lost' Beveridge sites on North Uist rediscovered). The panel rests on top of two upright slabs and some stone tumble, creating a hollow space beneath it that Beveridge suggested was a cist, although it appears more likely to be a natural formation.
Previous Notes
NF97SW 1 centred 949 707.
A supposed cist is situated at Portain, W of Loch Grota, at the E base of a cliff. The covering slab bears four cup-marks, three of them in a row near its edge, the other being smaller and out of line. The slab is supported by other stones which appear to have been artificially placed (E Beveridge 1911).
Cup-mark symbols occur in frequent association with 'Food Vessel Burials'. This cist is not certainly of the short cist type.
J V S Megaw and D D A Simpson 1963; E Beveridge 1911.
This cist was not located.
Visited by OS (R D) 30 June 1965.
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.9 |
Width |
0.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.5 |
Height (min) |
0.4 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
C5. Panel Notes
This is a roughly triangular shaped slab of gneiss, measuring 1.9x0.8m and 0.5m thick. It juts out from the hillside and rests on two upright slabs and stone tumble. The gently sloping upper surface has an approximate alignment of 4 large circular and sub-circular depressions along its E edge, the largest measuring 10cm in diameter. The smallest of these, on the N end of the panel, is quite rough and may be natural whilst the other 3 may be cupmarks of uncertain date.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Probable
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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4
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
