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| Canmore ID |
68510 |
SCRAP ID |
705 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 58270 76487
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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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 |
DALREOICH |
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 Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
58270 |
76480 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
58270 |
76487 |
| Lat/Long |
57.75562 |
-4.38345 |
| 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 |
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.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
In the long, remote Strath Rusdale, this large prominent, upstanding boulder is one of several carved rocks scattered along the fertile pasture land on the N side of the Black Water river. It lies at the foot of the steep N side of the glen, 10m S of the strath road and stone dyke, and approximately 200m N of the river. Between the river and the road is good pasture, divided into fields. This particular panel lies on a rocky knoll sloping to the S, in a field through which a small burn flows. The field is currently inhabited by pigs. Other rock art panels (Dalreoich 1, 3 and 4) lie to the S and W. Three large Neolithic chambered cairns (at Boath) lie further up the valley. The whole strath, although now remote and sparsely populated, provides evidence of considerable human settlement since the Neolithic.
Previous Notes
NH57NE 10.2 5827 7648
A large cup-marked boulder is situated 390m SE of Dalreoich Farm to the E of a rocky knoll. The flat, upper surface has one cup-mark measuring 80mm in diameter, with a second, shallower one 90mm to the E.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 1 December 1989
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) |
4.5 |
Width |
3.2 |
| Height (max) |
1.6 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This is a prominent upright rock measuring 4.55 x 3.20m with a flat, roughly triangular upper surface and nearly vertical N, E and S sides. Access to the top surface is easiest from the W where there is a broken sloping slab of rock. When first located the panel was covered and partially obscured by gorse, which was removed. A deep fissure runs E-W across the middle of the flat upper surface. There are 3 cups on this upper surface - one in the N corner (0.08m diameter) and two in the centre of the eastern half (0.09m diameter).
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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3
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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.
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- There are shrubs growing on the rock surface.
Animal
- There are other significant animal threats.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
Pigs roam free around the base of this prominent rock
