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| Canmore ID |
368592 |
SCRAP ID |
1846 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 57996 56992
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| Cup Marked Stone |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
18/10/2017 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Mulchaich East |
Number |
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| Other names |
East Mulchaich township |
| HER/SMR |
MHG55077
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SM Number |
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Other |
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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 |
NH |
57996 |
56992 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
57996 |
56992 |
| Lat/Long |
57.58058 |
-4.37657 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
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| other |
Dumped as field clearance |
| 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.) |
NW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Settlement
- Burial Mound/Cairn
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located in rough grazing on the NE edge of the remains of East Mulchaich township (Canmore ID; 12778, SM 3146) among field clearance stones. It lies on top of the ground and has probably been cleared from the adjacent field along with the other stones, therefore it is not in its original position.
Previous Notes
During survey work in 2009 a cup marked stone was found amongst clearance material to the north of building 26, at on the north east side of the township. <1>
The stone comprises a broken yellow sandstone decorated slab measuring 84 cms x 69 cms x c30 cms and has 16, possibly 17 cups. The cups range in size from 11cm diameter and 3cm deep down to thimble size. There are two pecked grooves linking cups and one finely executed bridle. There is considerable "modern" damage by way of incised gouges, not easy to explain. The breaks may have happened in prehistory and be deliberate. A sketch plan of the stone is included in the above survey report and linked to this record. <2>
<1> Marshall, M, 2011, A Project to Identify, Survey and Record Archaeological Remains at Mulchaich Farm, Ferintosh, Ross-shire, p 11 (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG25446.
<2> Wombell, J, 2009-10, Illustrations of cup marked stones (Image/Illustration). SHG25051.
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) |
0.8 |
Width |
0.7 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0.1 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
SE |
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 |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
Other: broken edges and recent grooves - ?damage by machinery
C5. Panel Notes
This sandstone slab is hexagonal in shape and measures 0.84 x 0.68 x 0.21 (max exposed thickness). On its upper surface it has 11 cups, 1 further possible cup, 2 dumbells and 2 pecked grooves connecting 3 of the cups. The W edge of the stone has obviously been broken as 2 cups there are truncated. Several narrow grooves in the E part of the stone and the removal of a small flake on the N edge are also probably recent damage,
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
11 cups (2 truncated), 1 further possible cup and 2 dumbells
C7. MOTIFS
Groove
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2
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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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
- The rock is within or on the edge of arable land.
Comments and other potential threats
The stone is almost certainly damaged by farm machinery. It has been broken so other fragments may be in the vicinity
