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DRUIM MOR 16

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Canmore ID 368467 SCRAP ID 3017
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 57818 66182 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 20/08/2017 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name DRUIM MOR Number 16
Other names SWORDALE, DRUIM MOR DS16
HER/SMR SM Number Other MHG14145
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 57818 66182
Lat/Long 57.663 -4.38495
Obtained By: GPS

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.) S

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art
  • Burial Mound/Cairn

B5. Location Notes

The panel is located on the S side but close to the top of a ridge which slopes down to the E from Swordale Hill. There are extensive views to the S and E over the Cromarty Firth and Black Isle. About 600m to the N is the River Glass just above the Black Rock Gorge. The scheduled area (SM4945) used to be fenced and the outline is still visible but indistinct in places. The east-west fence line is clear and about 40m north of the panel. A Chambered Cairn (Canmore 12889) is about 75 m SSE of this panel. The panel is one of a group of 23 carved rocks all within about 250m and is the most complex of the group.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 2.2 Width 1
Height (max) 0.2 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
10 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface N Carved Surface N Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies Not Visible
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is approximately semi-circular with its long axis (2.2m) oriented SW to NE. It is flat, smooth, low lying, and 50% overgrown with turf. The panel slopes gently to the N from a maximum height of 0.2m. There are two fissures parallel to the flat side and 31 motifs (25 single cups and 6 cup and rings) of generally uniform size. The motifs are all between the flat edge of the stone and one of the fissures. Three of the less distinct cups are in the other fissure.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
25
Cup and Rings
cup_and_ring_1
6

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

  • Panel was known before the project.
  • 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
  • There are sheep near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added