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WHITEHILL 11

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Canmore ID 44541 SCRAP ID 1339
Location OS Grid Ref: NS 50600 73600 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED ROCK PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 14/03/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name WHITEHILL Number 11
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
DUNBARTONSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NS 50600 73600
New OS NGR NS 50600 73600
Lat/Long 55.93218 -4.39304
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Not located in the field
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • No selection

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

The grid reference for this panel is situated in a boggy area at the base of sloping land. No rock outcrops or boulders are visible here, and it is possible that changes in landuse have obscured the rock, or that the cupmarks are natural features.

Previous Notes

NS57SW 38 506 736 See also NS57SW 6, 7, 16, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 42, 45, 48 and 70. NS 506 736. Cup marked Rock: Situated 50 yds E of NS57SW 45 + 37, a flat outcrop, 4' x 2 1/2' x 2 1/2', sloping SE, bears three cup marks up to 4" in diameter, 1/2" deep. Some other rocks in the vicinity have cups, some natural. R W B Morris 1969.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

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

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness No selection Grain Size No selection Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type No selection

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

C5. Panel Notes

No notes added

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is not mentioned

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • No selection

D2. Awareness

  • No selection
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

No comments added