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STRATH SGITHEACH CNOC A' MHUILINN 7

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Canmore ID 368652 SCRAP ID 3140
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 51667 62457 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 29/03/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name STRATH SGITHEACH CNOC A' MHUILINN Number 7
Other names Cnoc a' Mhuilinn
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 51667 62457
Lat/Long 57.62758 -4.48564
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.) Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) SE

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Moorland
  • Rough Grazing
Other:Edge of forestry plantation

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

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

B5. Location Notes

This panel is located on the lower section of a gently SE sloping incline in a shallow, upland valley of marginal land at Cnoc a' Mhuilinn. The River Abhainn Sgitheach runs W to E, approximately 300 m to the S, between the panel and which there is undulating terrain. The panel is located within an area of moorland and rough grazing, on the edge of a commercial forestry plantation to the N. A new fence, which runs E to W can be found c. 12m to the S of the panel. This panel is the most southerly of the grouping at Cnoc a' Mhuilinn; its nearest known neighbour (Cnoc a' Mhuilinn 6) is located approximately 180m to NW further up the slope.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1.1 Width 0.7
Height (max) 0.2 Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
0 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Flat Carved Surface Carved Surface Flat

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Friable Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection
Other: None

C5. Panel Notes

A roughly oval shaped, flat panel 1.1 x 0.7m in size, with up to 0.2m height from the ground level. This stone slab has been decorated with 8 cup marks which have been arranged in an arc shape at the NE end of the panel, with a central cup at the apex of the arc.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
8

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

  • This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

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

No comments added