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CREAG LIATH

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Canmore ID 288645 SCRAP ID 1627
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 74076 39494 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 26/11/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name CREAG LIATH Number
Other names scheduled as "Braeval Farm, cupmarks 260m NNW of"
HER/SMR SM Number SM11796 Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NH 74070 39480
New OS NGR NH 74076 39494
Lat/Long 57.42828 -4.09882
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

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.) Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) SE

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Improved Pasture

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Hillfort
  • Hut circle(s)

B5. Location Notes

This panel can be found in an open field on a S facing spur of land which locally slopes gently SE and overlooks Craggie Burn to the SE, and the confluence of Craggie Burn with the River Nairn to the W. The railway passes along the S edge of the field. Dun Davie (Hillfort above Daviot, Canmore ID:14107) is just visible about 2km away to the W across the valley. The site is accessible from the track which goes through Craggiemore Farm, past some cottages, and over the railway bridge. The surrounding area above the railway is forestry, some recently felled. The OS map marks a spring 150m E of the panel and hut circles across the valley to the S.

Previous Notes

NH73NW 47 c. 7407 3948 Scheduled as 'Braeval Farm, cupmarks 260m NNW of... a boulder bearing cupmarks... The visible part of the boulder protruding through the turf measures 3.5m from E to W by 2.7m transversely and is 0.5m high. The cupmarks are predominantly located on the N and W side of the boulder where the face of the boulder is relatively flat. It is situated in improved pasture 250m NNW of Braeval Farm at the foot of Creag Liath, overlooking the valley of the Craggie Burn.' [No NGR specified: the attached map indicates a location at NH c. 7407 3948]. Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 March 2007.

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) 3.5 Width 2.6
Height (max) 0.6 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
0 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

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

C4. Surface Features

  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a low outcrop of schist, about 3.5m across, rising up to 0.6m above the surrounding turf. The NE part is under turf and rubble. There are two exposed flat sections, on different levels, divided by a cracked area running S to N. The E (higher) section has 9 cups, generally along the S part of the outcrop. The W (lower) section has 3 clear dumbbells, a cup with a short groove, a short groove, and 25 cups. One of the cups is at the edge of a broken area which forms a possible channel. Some of the cups are deeply incised, others are relatively shallower and smaller.

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 cupmark_6
34 1 3
Groove
groove_1
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

  • No selection
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.
  • Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
  • There are other significant animal threats.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

Cattle and large horses in field. Ice removed from deeper cups.