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PARK OF TONGLAND 2

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Canmore ID 370770 SCRAP ID 3535
Location OS Grid Ref: NX 70048 56533 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 13/02/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name PARK OF TONGLAND Number 2
Other names Argrennan Mains 2
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NX 70048 56533
Lat/Long 54.88659 -4.0274
Obtained By: Map

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Wood/Forest
Other:Pheasant Covert

B3. Forestry

  • New Plantation

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

  • Other rock art
  • Clearance cairn(s)

B5. Location Notes

The panel is located on a gentle NE facing slope. It is in a new plantation which is in use as a pheasant covert. It is a few metres away from a small lochan. The site has extensive views over the Dee Valley towards Bengairn and a rocky knoll in improved pasture. The panel forms part of a cluster of rock art that includes Park of Tongland 1 and 3. It lies just over 1,m from Park of Tongland 3.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Outcrop

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1.7 Width 1
Height (max) 0.5 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
12 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface SSE Carved Surface SSE Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

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

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Natural Hollows
  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

This greywacke outcrop measures 1.7 x 1m and rises 0.5m above ground level, with the surface sloping gently. There are 26 cupmarks evenly distributed across the surface, with the deepest being approximately 3cms. The rock surface is slightly undulating and smooth, although the surface is broken by two large fissures, one running NW-SE and the other E-W. The turf cover was removed but it is possible that further carvings may exist.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
26

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
Human
  • There are quarries nearby.
  • The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats

The panel is situated in a fenced off area used as a pheasant covert. Tongland Quarry is about one mile away. A gas pipe line is being installed about three hundred metres away. The farm track is adjacent but it is unlikely people will walk past.