Rock Art Database

GLASVAAR 4

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Canmore ID 22811 SCRAP ID 1407
Location OS Grid Ref: NM 88417 01447 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP AND RING MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 08/01/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name GLASVAAR Number 4
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number SM5444 Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ARGYLL

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NM 88300 01400
New OS NGR NM 88417 01447
Lat/Long 56.1586 -5.40871
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Moved from original location
  • Re-used in structure
other Incorporated into stone field wall
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art

B5. Location Notes

Glasvaar 4 is located within rough grazing, on right-to-roam land which slopes gently to the W. There are views of Stroneskar Farm and Beinn a' Chlachain Dubh to the W. The panel has been incorporated into a stone field wall which runs E-W and abuts the SW extent of the garden wall surrounding Glasvaar farmhouse, which lies roughly 20m to the E. Immediately to the N of the panel is a large deciduous tree. Several other panels are located nearby: Glasvaar 5 is immediately to the S of Glasvaar 4, on the other side of the stone wall; Glasvaar 1, 2 and 3 are situated downhill to the S and E. The carved surface of Glasvaar 4 is visible on the N side of the wall. At least one burial cairn is located in the field to the S of the panel.

Previous Notes

NM80SE 50 883 014. Boulder 0.94m long by 0.56m high on edge in dyke from farm garden-wall to gate, carved face to N (by large tree), profusely carved with c 20 cups, 1 ring, ovals, groove; not cleared to lower edge. M Campbell et al 1981. NM 884 014. This cup-and-ring marked boulder has been incorporated into the foundation course of the wall that extends W from the S side of Glasvaar farmhouse garden towards a gateway across the farm track (Campbell et al 1981). The decoration, which is exposed on the N side of the wall, comprises three cups with single rings (one incomplete), some twenty-four circular or oval plain cups (two with gutters), a large oval mark and an unusual array of channels. It is possible that the boulder has been removed from a large cairn (NM80SE 4) which lies 90m to the S. Visited May 1984 RCAHMS 1988

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In a structure Other context Incorporated into foundation course of stone field wall

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1 Width 0.4
Height (max) 0.3 Height (min) 0.2
Approximate slope of carved surface
75 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface N Carved Surface N Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Fine Visible Anomalies Not Visible
Rock Type Not Sure

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

C5. Panel Notes

Glasvaar 4 is a roughly rectangular boulder measuring 0.95 m by 0.40 m, with a height (thickness) between 0.32 m and 0.20 m. The carved portion of the panel faces N at an incline of 75 degrees, having been incorporated into a field wall. The rock surface is hard with a fine grain and no visible occurrences. Only one side (N) of the boulder is carved, with a range of motifs including: 14 single cup marks (3 comparatively smaller than the rest); two cups with single rings (one with a cup conjoined to the ring and a second which was only visible in the photogrammetry model); 9 cups with grooves; one curved groove; and one courgette with radial. Several of the motifs extend from a single branching groove. The surface of the stone is smooth with no visible tool marks. Some moss was removed from the carved surface of the panel to expose the carvings. The panel has clearly been quarried and it is possible that it formed a cist cover before being built into the fieldwall..

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1 cupmark_5
14 10
Cup and Rings
cup_and_ring_1
2
Groove
groove_8
1

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

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.
  • There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added