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| Canmore ID |
370661 |
SCRAP ID |
3576 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 10490 30180
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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 |
27/07/2021 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
ALLT NEAD |
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
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
10490 |
30180 |
| Lat/Long |
57.32267 |
-5.14911 |
| 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 |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
Bottom of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
10 |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Field System
- Hut circle(s)
B5. Location Notes
The dam across the E end of Loch Mullardoch was completed in 1951, flooding much of the upper Glen Cannich strath. It incorporated the previous Loch Lungard that was 1km to the W of the W end of the previous Loch Mullardoch. The new dammed Loch Mullardoch is an extensive deep loch, that in summer 2021 was at an all-time low. The receding waters had returned the approximate margins of the previous Loch Lungard and revealed four, possibly six, hut circles at its NW end that generally lie below the waters of Loch Mullardoch. In surveying them, the team identified a cup-marked stone lying just to the W of the Allt Nead about 150m N of where it had previously flowed into Loch Lungard. Usually the waters of Loch Mullardoch would cover this stone. The panel lies at the base of the steep slope of S facing rough pasture that comes down from An Nead, the SW extension of the Munro An Riabhachan. It lies 10m W of the Allt Nead burn, and 100m NW of where the Allt Nead used to flow into the waters of Loch Lungard. There is a probable hut circle 10m to the W, and further hut circles to the SW and SE, see location sketch.
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
3 |
Width |
1.5 |
| Height (max) |
1.4 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
SW |
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 |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Weathering Channels
C5. Panel Notes
This wedge-shaped stone lies on the S sloping surface of the land as the ground levels out from the steep hillside to the N, before leading down into the flat bed of the previous Loch Lungard. Its long axis is aligned NW-SE, with the rock surface broken into 3, possibly 4, components by fissures. At the northern end, two lobed flat surfaces are at a lower level than the main rock surface at the southern end. This in turn is divided into two components by a deep step in the rock running NW-SW. The greatest density of cups is on the SW aspect of this deep step. The panel is 3.0m long NW-SE and 1.5m wide NE-SW. It is generally flat, with a slight 5 degree slope to the S. At its highest point, on the eastern edge, it is 0.4m above the ground surface. There are 29 recognisable cups in all. Four cups are on the western of the two N lobes. On the main carved surface there are 18 cups, some of which are 1cm deep. The remaining seven cups lie on the panels outwith the main carved surface, see the panel sketch.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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29
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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
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Large amounts of water are likely to flow over the carved surface.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
The panel is on the edge of a reservoir. As the level of the water in the reservoir goes up and down, the panel will get flooded at times.
