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| Canmore ID |
11875 |
SCRAP ID |
1347 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NG 80575 21100
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Team |
ScRAP Team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
28/05/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
GLEN BERNERA |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG5346
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup And Ring Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NG |
80550 |
21100 |
| New OS NGR |
NG |
80575 |
21100 |
| Lat/Long |
57.22787 |
-5.63684 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| 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.) |
NE |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Rough Grazing
- Wood/Forest
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
This large bedrock outcrop is situated in rough grazing and young mixed woodland about 100m NE of the road to the Kylrhea ferry. It is close to the bottom of a low NE facing hill about 10m NW of a drainage ditch and wire fence into fields of improved grazing in the valley floor. An old stone dyke runs NE-SW at the base of the panel. There are views S and W to the sea and Glenelg. There are more exposed areas of the same outcrop about 5m along the hillside to the N, and up the slope to the W, but no carvings were noted on these slaps. A small alder tree is growing out of the N edge of the panel.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
4.5 |
Width |
3 |
| Height (max) |
0 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Bedding Planes
C5. Panel Notes
This large area of exposed schist bedrock measures about 4.5x3m, and is flush with the hillside which slopes at about 25 degrees to the NE. The exposed bedrock extends for at least 6m up the slope, but no carvings were noted on other, rougher areas of the outcrop. The panel has a flat, relatively smooth surface which is criss-crossed with numerous fine linear fissures, some of which divide the panel into triangular and zig-zag shapes. Some chunks of the surface have been exfoliated after the carvings were created, as one of the cupmarks is truncated. The panel is divided into two sections by a large fissure. On the S section there are 39 definite cupmarks, 2 dumbells and 5 courgette motifs. The courgettes and dumbells are all situated along the base of the panel. The N section of the panel has 9 cupmarks and 3 courgettes, as well as a wide, horseshoe shaped groove. There are also at least 14 possible cupmarks. Some of the cups form alignments, and several are placed along the fissures.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
In addition there are at least 14 possible cupmarks
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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48
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2
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Groove
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8
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Other carvings and motifs
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
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 Yes
D3. Risk
Natural
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
- There are shrubs growing on the rock surface.
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
- Large amounts of water are likely to flow over the carved surface.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
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