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| Canmore ID |
116637 |
SCRAP ID |
779 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NS 50820 73680
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP AND RING MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
14/03/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
WHITEHILL |
Number |
9 |
| 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
DUNBARTONSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NS |
50820 |
73680 |
| New OS NGR |
NS |
50820 |
73680 |
| Lat/Long |
55.93296 |
-4.38957 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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| Position in landscape |
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| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
A thorough search was made of the area within 40m of the grid reference, which is in woodland on the S facing slope of a hill. The ground here is deep in vegetation, tree roots and leaf litter, with few boulders and no exposed or easily accessible rock surfaces of the scale necessary for the carvings described in the Canmore record. One of the boulders featured engraved initials and a cup-like natural feature. It is likely that the Canmore record is referring to carvings some distance away, possibly those on the larger rock at Canmore 391, situated about 170m due west.
Previous Notes
NS57SW 70 5082 7368
See also NS57SW 6, 7, 16, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 42, 45 and 48.
Situated N of Faifley, SW of Whitehill is a site of numerous cup and ring-markings consisting of; one cup enclosed by four rings with cup between third and fourth rings plus one cup enclosed by three rings with one cup enclosed by one ring in outer ring, the two main sets interlocking with runnels from central cups feeding into natural basin; three sets of one cup enclosed by one ring, two sets linked by runnel, one set with runnel from cup ending in another cup; eight solo cups, two with runnels.
K Naddair et al, 1994; DES, Vol 50, 1994, p 61.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
