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| Canmore ID |
368519 |
SCRAP ID |
3283 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 50830 60848
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
15/11/2017 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
FODDERTY |
Number |
2 |
| 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 And Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
50830 |
60848 |
| Lat/Long |
57.61287 |
-4.49866 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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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.) |
SE |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Improved Pasture
- Rough Grazing
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The site is on the S facing slope overlooking the River Peffery with Knockfarrel to the SSW and the Beauly Firth to the SE and the Cairngorms beyond. To the NW Ben Wyvis is visible.
The small boulder with the rock art panel appears to have been relocated a long time ago into a now collapsed and partially grassed stone dyke. The area around the dyke is likely to have been more actively cultivated in the past. There are other stones (Fodderty 1 and Fodderty 3) with rock art in the nearby area.
The ground around the panel is a grassy field with occasional clumps of gorse. There is a surfaced track to the S and W of the site with a post and wire fence enclosing the field. There is a recently planted area of mixed deciduous and conifer trees planting beyond the track.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.4 |
Width |
0.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
WNW |
Carved Surface |
Multiple |
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 |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The rock art is on an almost circular small boulder c.0.4m in diameter. It is set into the ground but appears to have been moved to its present position where it may have formed part of the collapsed dyke or alternatively cleared from the adjacent field to the base of the dyke. The boulder has 5 clear cups and 1 possible cup and a cup and ring on the top of the slightly WNW sloping stone.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
There may be a further small cup.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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5
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Cup and Rings
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
- Panel was known before the project.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
