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PARK OF TONGLAND 3

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Canmore ID 370771 SCRAP ID 3536
Location OS Grid Ref: NX 70048 56532 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 13/02/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name PARK OF TONGLAND Number 3
Other names Argrennan Mains 3
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NX 70048 56532
Lat/Long 54.88658 -4.02739
Obtained By: GPS
Map
Mobile Phone

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.) Undulating
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Improved Pasture
  • Wood/Forest
Other:Pheasant Covert

B3. Forestry

  • New Plantation

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

  • Other rock art
  • Clearance cairn(s)

B5. Location Notes

The panel is situated on a gentle W facing slope, in a pheasant covert, a few metres away from a small lochan. There are extensive views towards Bengairn and over the Dee Estuary. The panel forms part of a cluster of rock art that includes Park of Tongland 1 and 2. It lies just over 1m from Park of Tongland 2.

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) 0.5 Width 0.5
Height (max) 0.2 Height (min) 0.2
Approximate slope of carved surface
20 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface NW Carved Surface NW Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies Not Visible
 Rock Type Greywacke

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Natural Hollows
  • Weathering Channels
  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

The greywacke out crop is roughly square in shape, measuring 0.5 x 0.5m, although the whole rock is 1.2m long. It sits on the crown of a small ridge and rises slightly above the surrounding ridge ground level. It was hidden by turf and lichen. It has a smooth flat surface which slopes at 20 degrees to the NW. The panel is split by several fissures. There are 5 cups with a maximum depth of 1.5cm. There are random peck marks all over the surface.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
5

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? Yes

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

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

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
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

The panel is situated in a fenced off area used as a pheasant covert. Tongland Quarry is about one mile away. A gas pipe line is being installed about three hundred metres away. The farm track is adjacent but it is unlikely people will walk past.