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| Canmore ID |
13787 |
SCRAP ID |
1032 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 61148 72472
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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 |
22/09/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
ARDOCH |
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 And Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
61150 |
72470 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
61148 |
72472 |
| Lat/Long |
57.72049 |
-4.33281 |
| 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 |
Sun and light shower
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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 panel is located towards the top of a gently sloping ridge, facing E and with long-distance views to the E and SE, notably directly out to sea between the N and S Sutors of the Cromarty Firth. There are several other larger and more prominent erratic boulders nearby, these are mostly of a coarse or very coarse grained granitic rock. The panel is unusual in its local context as it lies flat at ground level and is a fine sandstone. It lies in the grass, not easily seen, about 7m S of an E-W modern fence, and about 17m SE of a very prominent boulder adjacent to the fence line.
Previous Notes
NH67SW 23 6115 7247.
At NH 6113 7248 is a prostrate slab, c.0.7m square bearing at least 25 cup marks varying from about 1ins to 4ins in diameter.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 3 November 1970.
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) |
1.1 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0 |
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 |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is rectangular, about 1.1m by 0.9m, and lies flat in the ground. It is a fine sandstone with 32 cups of varying sizes - 27 small, 5 larger including one very large one at the SW corner. The panel is divided by a series of 5 or 6 distinct grooves which curve across the surface. Some of the cups are alongside the grooves, forming curved rows.
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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27
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5
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Groove
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6
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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.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
- The rock is within or on the edge of arable land.
- This panel has been estimated to be seriously at risk of being damaged or destroyed.
Comments and other potential threats
The main risk to this panel is from grass cutting and similar heavy agricultural machinery which may drive over it. There are other bigger and more prominent boulders in the field which the machines go round, but this one is flat to the ground and unlikely to be seen, although being so low and flat it is below the height of the grass cutting blades.
