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| Canmore ID |
368469 |
SCRAP ID |
3268 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 57766 66121
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
01/04/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DRUIM MOR |
Number |
19 |
| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
SM4945 |
Other |
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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 |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
57766 |
66121 |
| Lat/Long |
57.66243 |
-4.38578 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| 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
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Settlement
- Burial Mound/Cairn
- Enclosure
- Ditch/Bank
- Clearance cairn(s)
B5. Location Notes
The panel is one of a number of carved rocks scattered across an area of very rough ground with many low rock outcrops and a number of archaeological features including a chambered cairn and a deserted farmstead with associated buildings and field system. The ground has not been cultivated for a long time, possibly since the settlement was deserted c.200 years ago. It is presently occasionally grazed by sheep and cows but is mainly rough grass. The site is on the S facing slope at the E end of Swordale Hill overlooking Strath Sgitheach. The panel is just to the W and above a dense scatter of boulders and stones, possibly a clearance cairn. Further to the S is a degraded bank which may be part of the field system of the old settlement. The panel has not been moved. All the panels lie within a large area protected within the Scheduled Monument 4945 Drumore, Farmstead, field system, chambered cairn and cup marks. The panel has been recorded previously and a report lodged with Highland Council under the HER number MHG 14145 which includes several of the other carved rocks in this area.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.9 |
Width |
0.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.6 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
S |
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 large schist outcrop visible below the turf as roughly an L shape extending SE out of the slope of the ground. It is 1.9m long by 0.8m wide and a maximum height of 0.6m above ground. The panel has a very slight slope to the S. There is 1 shallow cup mark on the E edge of the stone and a possible second cup mark to the N.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
and 1 possible cupmark
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
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
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
