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NORTH UIST, SCOLPAIG HOUSE

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Canmore ID 10060 SCRAP ID 1890
Location OS Grid Ref: NF 72900 75329 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 01/06/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name NORTH UIST, SCOLPAIG HOUSE Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NF 72900 75330
New OS NGR NF 72900 75329
Lat/Long 57.64864 -7.48533
Obtained By:

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Documented as lost
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • No selection

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

This stone was not relocated. As it comes from the same location as the stones at Aird a'Mhorain (Canmore 10335, ScRAP 1024) which all have natural cup-shaped features, it is highly likely that the cupmarks noted on this stone are also natural, and formed by the same processes.

Previous Notes

NF77NW 10 7290 7533. (NF 7290 7533) A cupmarked stone, now in the possession of Dr Mackenzie at Scolpaig House, was found near the cup-marked rock at Ard a'Bhorain (NF87NW 3). It is about 18 by 14 inches and contains five cup-marks. It was at one time in the garden of Balelone (NF 7294 7391) before being taken to Scolpaig House. J D Lyford-Pike 1941. Dr Mackenzie left Scolpaig House some 20 years ago and the present occupants have no knowledge of the stone. It was not found among the many perforated stones at present in the garden of Scolpaig. Visited by OS (J T T) 19 June 1965. See NF87NW 3.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) Width
Height (max) Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness No selection Grain Size No selection Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type No selection

C4. Surface Features

  • No selection

C5. Panel Notes

No notes added

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is not mentioned

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • No selection

D2. Awareness

  • No selection
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added