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| Canmore ID |
368710 |
SCRAP ID |
3052 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 44695 45689
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
14/05/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
URCHANY |
Number |
6 |
| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
44695 |
45689 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47477 |
-4.59156 |
| 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.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Settlement
- Enclosure
- Ditch/Bank
- Hillfort
B5. Location Notes
This rock panel sits low on a gently sloping and undulating S facing slope looking over the Breakachy Burn. From this grassy field, there are extensive views south towards the low hills of Breakachy about 3kms away, and beyond them to the undulating high ground above Loch Ness.
The panel lies at the SE corner of an extensive area of enclosed improved grassland. The enclosure was originally with a turf bank. This has been superceded by a post-and-wire fence. Towards the top (northern) part of this enclosure lies the derelict remains of a long low building of two conjoined houses associated with stone-built enclosure dykes. This represents the historical settlement of Coul na Bottach, part of the Lands of Urchany, in which a family was living at the time of the 1871 census.
A well-known large cup-marked stone, Urchany 1, sits just in front, to the S of the building, which is approximately 150m NE. 1.5kms E across the Breakachy Burn, is Dun Mor, an iron age fort. The main settlement of Urchany and another four cup-marked stones, lie 1km to the W.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.3 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Other
Other: Mica
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This is a low-lying oblong rock, partially covered by grass turf, with a deep fissure at the NW section. The 1.35 x 0.92m panel is otherwise smoothly rounded, has a rough surface and with its longest axis NS. Its highest part above the roughly level ground is 0.27m towards the southern edge. There are (at least) 6 simple cups in the centre and eastern parts of the panel. They measure approximately 3-5cm across, and 2-3cm deep, and the lowest cupmark is almost at the edge of the rock surface.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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6
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
In improved pasture, sheep and cows, occasionally. But then, it has been for the last 200 years!
