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| Canmore ID |
10215 |
SCRAP ID |
3168 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NF 84598 65345
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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 |
02/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
NORTH UIST, BEN LANGLASS |
Number |
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| Other names |
Beinn Laghass |
| 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 |
Prehistoric |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NF |
84598 |
65345 |
| Lat/Long |
57.56767 |
-7.2772 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Light Rain
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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
B5. Location Notes
The stone is located on the W edge of a mature sicta spruce plantation about 10m S of the deer fence and gate onto the moorland. It is on a gently sloping E side of the hill enclosed by trees. It lies 6m W of a large, prominent granite outcrop, thought to have been used as a possible cist or rock shelter, which has what appears to be a stone-edged hollow beneath the overhanging rock. The panel is situated about 600m NW of a chambered cairn, which would have been visible before the forest was planted, and 400m NE of a stone circle.
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) |
2.5 |
Width |
1.7 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
NE |
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 |
Quartz Veins
Colour Bands
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Rock Type |
Granite
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
C5. Panel Notes
This panel comprises 3 granite slabs lying on top of one another, with the W edges of the two lower slabs visible beneath the upper slab. The upper slab measures 2.5x1.7m and is 0.4m thick, sloping gently to the NE, and the whole assemblage of stones rises to about 0.7m above ground level. The granite has pink banding, and a wide pink quartz vein running along the E base of the upper slab. All three slabs have pointed W edges on each of which there is a sub-circular depression roughly 6-8cm diameter, and there is a further sub-circular depression on the N corner of the upper panel. These may be natural features with possible enhancement. A long groove runs from the W cup-shaped depression at an angle across the rock surface. A second groove splits from near the top of the first groove and runs vertically down the rock surface. There are also possible grooves running from the cup-shaped depressions on both of the lower slabs. The grooves may also be partly natural features that have been enhanced.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
And 1 possible further cup-mark on the upper panel
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.
- There is and interpretation on site.
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
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
- Large amounts of water are likely to flow over the carved surface.
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
