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Canmore ID |
13461 |
SCRAP ID |
1664 |
Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 60500 45200
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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Classification |
Period |
CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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Date Fieldwork Started |
12/12/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
Panel Name |
KIRKTON |
Number |
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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 Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
OS NGR |
NH |
60500 |
45200 |
New OS NGR |
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Lat/Long |
57.47552 |
-4.32797 |
Obtained By: |
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
Located |
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Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
Weather |
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Position in landscape |
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Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
No notes added
Previous Notes
NH64NW 12 605 452.
At Kirkton Farmhouse (NH 605 453) are two stones with unusually large cups. Both stones are from Rhynie parish ( Aberdeenshire) and were found at the farm of Sandargue near the ruins of Lesmore Castle one mile from the village of Rhynie. Both are of porphyry; both are incomplete having been broken.
W Jolly 1882.
No trace of these stones were found at Kirkton. Inverness Museum was consulted but no information was encountered.
Visited by OS (W D J) 28 March 1962.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) |
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Width |
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Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
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
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added