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| Canmore ID |
370678 |
SCRAP ID |
3545 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NS 58628 90042
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
15/08/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BROUGHMORE WOOD |
Number |
10 |
| 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 Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Prehistoric |
| Classification 2 |
Stone Extraction Site |
Period 2 |
Prehistoric |
| Classification 3 |
Stone Extraction Site |
Period 3 |
Post Medieval |
County
STIRLINGSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NS |
58628 |
90042 |
| Lat/Long |
56.08221 |
-4.27331 |
| 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 |
Cloudy
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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.) |
SW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: Stone axe polishing stone, quern stone quarry
B5. Location Notes
The ScRAP records for Broughmore Wood relate to the extent of the rock surfaces uncovered up to 1 December 2020. This also the case for the associated submission to Discovery & Excavation in Scotland (DES) 2020. Following this initial work, which was carried out in the course of recording on behalf of ScRAP, a comprehensive excavation of the site has been embarked upon. The excavation will not conclude until some time after ScRAP's five year term has ended. It is likely therefore that many further carvings will be uncovered by the excavation and that existing panels will extend in size and possible further ones found. This ScRAP record is therefore essentially interim and reference should be made to the final excavation report.
This site comprises a low sandstone ridge extending WSW from the W boundary wall of Balgair Woods and some 4km NE of Balfron, Stirling. The boundary wall here runs NNW-SSE with a high deer fence running parallel to it on the W side at a constant distance of some 2.5m. The ridge rises about 15m above the immediate surrounding moorland and has extensive and open panoramic views from the Fintry Hills and Campsie Fells to the S, the hills delineating route of the Highland Boundary Fault to the N and many miles to the westward to the Clyde estuary. However, the former moorland surrounding the ridge has recently been deep ploughed and planted with coniferous trees up to its foot. The dimensions of the ridge between the planted area is some 150 m in length from WSW from the forest wall, 50m in width at the wall, tapering to 25m towards its far end. Over the wall, the ridge can be traced ENE for about 70m within a clearing between the trees about 15m wide. Geologically, the ridge is composed of the Kinnesswood Formation of sandstone and nodular limestone (cornstone), the sandstone here being quite fine-grained. There are some natural outcrops along the ridge but mostly the rock lies a short distance under the tough turf of heather and rough grass and virtually all the carvings are buried. There has been quarrying throughout the central section of the ridge W of the wall and on the forest side immediately eastwards for about 20m and this quarrying has removed a large amount of the original outcrop and, no doubt, further carvings.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
3.7 |
Width |
1.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NNE |
Carved Surface |
NNE |
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
C5. Panel Notes
This outcrop measures 3.7 x 1.8m and is flush with the ground. There are up to 6 crudely pecked cupmarks in an arcing alignment, each measuring 8-12cm diameter, with one at 4cm. The cupmarks are not well-formed and may be related to the quernstone production activities.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Probable
Comments
The cup marks are not well-formed and may be related to the quernstone production activities.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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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
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.
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
The new conifer forest has been planted right up to the edge of the ridge and when mature it will encroach upon the whole site. Overhanging branches will preclude access to the sections of the ridge and the panels beneath. Shed pine needles and second generation, self-set trees will eventually obscure it almost completely. The maturing forest will completely block off the extensive, panoramic views that the ridge commands thus obscuring its entire context within the landscape. The forest will also further impede the, already difficult, access to the site.
