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| Canmore ID |
49902 |
SCRAP ID |
3353 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NT 12360 32620
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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 |
10/03/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DRUMELZIER |
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 |
Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Cairn |
Period 2 |
Bronze Age |
County
PEEBLES-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NT |
12360 |
32620 |
| Lat/Long |
55.57931 |
-3.39171 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
Google Earth
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- In museum
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| Museum/Collection |
National Museums of Scotland Collection Centre |
| Accession no. |
X.IA 41 |
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
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Burial monument |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.9 |
Width |
0.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.1 |
Height (min) |
0.1 |
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 |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Nodules
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Bedding Planes
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This is a large rectangular sandstone slab measuring 0.90x0.85m and 0.1m thick. It was recovered during the 1929-30 excavation of an early Bronze Age cairn at Drumelzier and is thought to have been the capstone from cist 2 within the cairn. It was donated to the National Museum of Scotland by W.J.W Nicol in 1936. The slab has a flat surface textured by bedding planes and, at some point in the past, a large crack has formed across the centre of panel, passing through one of the prehistoric ring carvings. There are 5 ring mark motifs on the panel, of which 4 have 2 concentric rings and 1 has a single ring. Three of the double ring motifs are aligned along the length of the panel. Towards one edge of the panel, and partly superimposed over one of the double ring motifs, is a deeply pecked sub-ovoid area thought to depict an axe head. The motif is created around a smooth natural nodule in the rock surface, and there are also 8 random peck marks in the area around it.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
Possible axe head shaped motif
C7. MOTIFS
Simple Ring
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1
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4
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Other carvings and motifs
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? Yes
Visible Peck Marks? Yes
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
In Museum collection
