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| Canmore ID |
6642 |
SCRAP ID |
1611 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NC 89787 25062
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| HUT CIRCLE |
PREHISTORIC |
| SOUTERRAIN |
PREHISTORIC |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
24/10/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
SUISGILL |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG11390
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
SUTHERLAND
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NC |
89790 |
25060 |
| New OS NGR |
NC |
89787 |
25062 |
| Lat/Long |
58.20053 |
-3.87684 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
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| other |
assumed removed from nearby souterrain |
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
Bottom of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
SW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: souterrain
B5. Location Notes
The panel lies in rough grazing on the grassy bank immediately above the entrance to the damaged souterrain at Suisgill. The souterrain is close to the main road, and a rough track which leads off it has damaged the entrance. It is at the E edge of a flat area of ground where the valley of the Suisgill Burn opens out as it joins the Helmsdale River.
Previous Notes
NC82NE 15 8979 2506
See also NC82NE 38.
(NC 8979 2506) Earth House (NR)
OS 6" map, 1962.
The remains of a souterrain, discovered during field investigation, beside the road, whose construction has cut away all but the end 4m. Entry is prevented by an iron grille over the opening, but the souterrain has been of the usual drystone construction, 1.2m wide and 2m high. The roof slabs are still in situ.
Visited by OS (J L D) 5 June 1961
No change to previous field report; there is no evidence of an associated hut circle.
Visited by OS (J B) 2 December 1976
The remains of this souterrain lie to the NE of the public road (A897). Aligned from NNE to SSW, its SSW end has been destroyed during the construction of the road, the surviving portion measuring 4.1m in length, 1.3m in breadth and 1m in height. An aumbry is visible at the end of the SE wall of the passage. Immediately to the ESE of the souterrain there is a roughly circular platform which may have been the stance for a hut-circle. There is a slab resting on the surface above the souterrain with at least five slight cup-marks on its face.
(KILD91 191)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 10 April 1991.
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.8 |
Width |
0.6 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a triangular slab of schist 0.8m x 0.6m and rising to 0.2m above the ground. The surface is flat and horizontal, on two levels separated by a step in the rock. The higher N part has 2 cups, and the S part has 6.
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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8
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
Lies close to the road, above the souterrain which has been damaged by road and track building. It is by an obvious parking place where tourists may stop and explore.
