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STRATH SGITHEACH ALLT NA CRICHE 5

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Canmore ID 368637 SCRAP ID 3011
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 52020 62970 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 07/08/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name STRATH SGITHEACH ALLT NA CRICHE Number 5
Other names Strath Sgitheach E
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 52020 62970
Lat/Long 57.6323 -4.48006
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art
  • Field System
  • Enclosure
  • Hut circle(s)

B5. Location Notes

This panel rock is part of a group of cupmarked rocks all recorded under one Canmore entry: Canmore 12923. The panel is situated beneath a fallen tree within a copse of Scots pines, in an area of rough grazing, on the undulating S facing lower slopes of Meall A Ghuail. It looks out over Strath Sgitheach, and the river Sgitheach 800m to the S. There is a track 100m W of the panel leading from the river up to Cioch Mhor. About 1km to the W there is another group of cupmarked rocks, and hut circles and a field system.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1.2 Width 0.6
Height (max) 0.3 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
19 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 No selection Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is small and triangular shaped, measuring 1.2x0.6m with its long axis orientated N to S. It rises to 0.3m from ground level. The rock and carved surface slope to the NW and are smooth. There are 4 cupmarks located on the NW part of the panel.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
4

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Right to Roam access.

D2. Awareness

  • Panel was known before the project.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
  • There are other significant animal threats.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

Tree falling on top of it Deer