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| Canmore ID |
22721 |
SCRAP ID |
1925 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NM 86270 09880
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| ROCK CARVING |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
22/06/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
GLEN DOMHAIN |
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 |
Rock Carving |
Period 1 |
Period Unassigned |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NM |
86270 |
09880 |
| New OS NGR |
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| Lat/Long |
56.23327 |
-5.45 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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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 |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| 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
The carving is situated in rough grazing towards the base of on a SW facing hillslope in the bottom of Glen Domhain about 40m NW of the river, at the mouth of a pass. Several duns are visible on the surrounding hills to the S and E.
Previous Notes
NM80NE 1 8627 0988.
NM 864 099. An Iron Age (Thomas 1961) carving of a roe-buck 11" overall, is incised in thin sharp lines on a small inconspicuous stone on the SW slope of a possibly partly artificial mound in the mouth of a high pass in Glen Domhain. The stone is at present marked by a sherd of drain-pipe.
The carving is locally said to mark the spot where the last native reindeer stag was killed (Argyll County Council 1914).
C Thomas 1961; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; A D Lacaille 1954; Argyll County Council 1914.
This stone, 0.7m x 0.6m, lying flush with the ground, was located at NM 8627 0988. It lies at the SW base of a large natural hillock.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (W D J) 5 March 1970.
This carving is probably of relatively recent origin.
Visited by RCAHMS May 1984.
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)
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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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 |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This small schist outcrop measures 0.7 x 0.4m and rises to 0.2m above the surrounding ground level, although the surface slopes quite steeply to the S and the carving is partly hidden beneath turf (and water, at the time of this visit). The outline of a deer facing left (NE) is incised towards the S base of the outcrop. The incisions are marrow, quite deep, and V shaped as if made with a sharp tool. The deer is stylised, and features an elongated, pointed muzzle with bioccular eyes, three lines (two of which are branched at the tips) representing antlers, a thick neck, rounded slightly raised hind quarters, hind legs joined and tapering, front legs open and each represented by a single line. The deer also has a slightly triangular short tail represented by two lines joining at the tip.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Other carvings and motifs
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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
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
- Large amounts of water are likely to flow over the carved surface.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
