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| Canmore ID |
370780 |
SCRAP ID |
3569 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NL 97798 40515
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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 |
05/06/2021 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
TIREE, MANNAL |
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 Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NL |
97798 |
40515 |
| Lat/Long |
56.45956 |
-6.90762 |
| 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 |
Bottom of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
NE |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
Towards the southern part of the W of the island there is a large area of flat ground between the high ground of the Hynish peninsula, Ben Hynish and Carnan Mor on the W, and the sea to the E. This flat area of rough pasture, previous crofting land, is divided by a regular network of field boundaries, with numerous rocky outcrops or cnocs sitting in the flat fields. Inland, to the W of Mannal on the coast, two parallel tracks enter this flat land from the E. Between them, 1km from the coastal road, sits a group of cnocs. The Mannal panel is the most NW of this group. 800m, almost due N, is Cadruim 1, a massive cnoc with numerous cupmarks. Beyond that stretches an approximate N-S line of rock panels traversing the bulge of the W part of the island. The Mannal stone is the most southerly panel in this line.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
6 |
Width |
5 |
| Height (max) |
4.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
SW |
Carved Surface |
SW |
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
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This prominent, almost upright, gneiss cnoc lies at the NW end of a group of rock protuberances from an otherwise flat field of rough pasture, sloping gently to the NE. The main rock is 6m E-W, 5m N-S and stands up to 4.1m high at its highest point. On its SE side, separated from it by a fissure, is a series of lower rock surfaces in three main parts, measuring in total 3.2m E-W x 1.8m N-S and standing 1.6m above the grass at its base. The highest eastern part of these three conjoined outcrops has a flat surface on its SW end, on which is a dense cluster of 25 simple cups. Although the cups are tightly grouped, there is no obvious pattern to them. The cups are 2-4 cms in diameter, relatively shallow, and the most south-westerly of them are on the very edge of the surface.
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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25
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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
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
Although the field in which this rock outcrop sits has livestock in it for part of the year, the height of the panel means that the animals can do no damage to it.
