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| Canmore ID |
12386 |
SCRAP ID |
1129 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 45328 41075
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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 |
23/01/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
AIGAS |
Number |
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| Other names |
|
| HER/SMR |
MHG2744
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
45310 |
41080 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
45328 |
41075 |
| Lat/Long |
57.43359 |
-4.5781 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
|
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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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.) |
SE |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located in moorland near the flattish top of a NE facing ridge, between two distinct hut circles. There is higher ground to the W, and a Dun visible on the skyline. The main outlook is SE over the River Beauly, before it passes around Eilean Aigas and through the narrow section. The panel is on the land of the Aigas Field Centre, and lies by a path, with a marker post and sign 'cup marked rock'.
Previous Notes
NH44SE 14 4531 4108.
(NH 4531 4108) Cup Marked Stone (NR)
OS 25"map, (1970)
Between circles (b) and (c) (huts 'B' and 'C' of NH 44 SE 4) is a stone bearing 12 cup marks.
T Wallace 1886
A cup-marked, earth-fast boulder, with 12 cup marks.
Visited by OS (R L) 17 March 1970
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 12 November 2014.
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
|
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2 |
Width |
1.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.5 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
N |
Carved Surface |
S |
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
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Bedding Planes
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a boulder of schist, approximately triangular, 2.0m wide E-W, with the third apex at the N 1.4m. The NE and NW faces are flat and sloping with exposed bedding planes and no markings. The S part has an oval top, sloping at 10degrees to the S, about 0.5m high, and the 11 cups are concentrated in the W half.
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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11
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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.
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
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
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
- The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats
The nature trail passes the rock and there is a sign 'cup marked rock' pointing it out.
