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LAGGAN HILL 4

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Canmore ID 285785 SCRAP ID 1061
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 99996 25909 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED ROCK PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 02/04/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name LAGGAN HILL Number 4
Other names Laggan Hill D
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
MORAYSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NH 99992 25912
New OS NGR NH 99996 25909
Lat/Long 57.31275 -3.66185
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Sunny Intervals
Position in landscape Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) SE

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

  • Other rock art

B5. Location Notes

Located on a gently sloping SE facing incline, with significant views to the south and east towards the Cairngorm mountains, 100m to the W of an area of forestry plantation and 80m to the SE of an area of abandoned limestone quarrying which sits atop Laggan Hill. This panel is found c. 50m to the SSW of Laggan Hill 2 and Laggan Hill 3. Approximately 17m to the W are the remains of a small square enclosure.

Previous Notes

NH92NE 4.04 99992 25912 This outcrop of grey and pink mica schist is situated 50m SE of (NH92NE 4.03). It cannot be positively equated with any single set of carvings noted on the Ordnance Survey Record Card, but it is probably 'B', 'C' or 'D'. Its S face bears at least five cupmarks measuring up to 45mm in diameter and 10mm in depth. Visited by RCAHMS (AG), 12 October 2006.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Outcrop

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1 Width 0.8
Height (max) 0 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
20 degrees 26 degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface SE Carved Surface Carved Surface SE

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Coarse Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

A SE sloping area of semi-exposed outcrop 1 x 0.8m in size was uncovered at the time of recording, although more outcrop could be seen beneath the turf, no more motifs were visible. This panel has been decorated with 17 cup marks. These are primarily clustered along the W side of a large fissure, except for one slightly deeper and larger cup mark which can be found on the E side of the fissure.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
17

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Right to Roam access.
  • Panel is on Private land.

D2. Awareness

  • Panel was known before the project.
  • This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
Human
  • There are quarries nearby.
Comments and other potential threats

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