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| Canmore ID |
370768 |
SCRAP ID |
3554 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NX 71079 46191
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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 |
26/03/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
MILTON PARKS |
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 Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NX |
71079 |
46191 |
| Lat/Long |
54.79398 |
-4.00672 |
| Obtained By: |
Map
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| Position in landscape |
Top of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Undulating |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Improved Pasture
- Military
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel lies in improved pasture in undulating terrain to the NE end of a low (3-4m high) ridge running SW-NE. The outcrop with the panel is at ridgetop height on its NW edge. The ridge top slopes gently to the NE. The views are extensive to S and SW, the Solway Firth and Isle of Man are just visible over the promontory. Bengairn in the distance to the NE. The main valley with Ring Burn is approximately 200m to the SE, and a smaller stream is 150m to the NNE. The Range Wardens Centre (RWC) - a large new building - is on the far side of a wide concrete road marked as Tank Track. A stile to the SE of the RWC is about 50m from the panel. There are numerous other carved rocks in the vicinity. Milton Parks 1 (Canmore 64429) lies about 50m to the SW.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
5 |
Width |
0.8 |
| Height (max) |
0 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
WSW |
Carved Surface |
NE |
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 |
Greywacke
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Weathering Channels
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
This is a greywacke outcrop measuring 5.0 x 0.8m, running WNW-ESE, flush with the ground surface at the western end and gradually rising towards the eastern end to about 0.5m height. The panel is segmented into five sections by natural fissures. There are 9 probable cups, 3 possible cups, 1 cup with single ring and 1 cup with partial ring. There is an enlarged natural feature 14cm deep and 17cm diameter with a single ring around it, with a gulley to a second natural hollow. There is also a natural circular depression with a radial. There are visible tool marks.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
One very deep natural cup with ring around it. Three probable.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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9
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1
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Cup and Rings
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1
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1
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Other carvings and motifs
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? Yes
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Access is managed by a national organisation.
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
It is situated on a military firing range and training area.
