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LOCH USSIE 2

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Canmore ID 368565 SCRAP ID 3271
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 50473 56370 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 01/12/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name LOCH USSIE Number 2
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 50473 56370
Lat/Long 57.57257 -4.50187
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
Position in landscape Bottom of hill
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Flat
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art
  • Hut circle(s)

B5. Location Notes

The panel lies in a large, fairly flat field of rough grazing about 75m NW of a hut circle and Loch Ussie 1 (ScRAP 1880, Canmore 12817). The ground slopes very gently to the N to Loch Ussie 150 m away, but the loch is not visible from the panel.

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) 2.2 Width 1.7
Height (max) 0.5 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
15 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface E Carved Surface E Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies Colour Bands
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a low-lying area of exposed schist outcrop measuring 2.2 x 1.7 m. It is flattish and roughly rectangular with the surface sloping gently to the E, with one cup 6cm across, 1.5cm deep near the centre of highest part of rock.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_7
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

  • 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.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added