TIREE, CREAG AN SGALAIG 3
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| Canmore ID |
370778 |
SCRAP ID |
3570 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NL 99184 45867
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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 |
05/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
TIREE, CREAG AN SGALAIG |
Number |
3 |
| 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 Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NL |
99184 |
45867 |
| Lat/Long |
56.50835 |
-6.89139 |
| 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 |
Bottom of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
N |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
This upstanding cnoc (rock outcrop) is one of many cnocs lying in a flat field of rough grazing towards the N of the W part of the island. From this cnoc there are views of the sea to the N and to the E with the hills of Mull in the distance. The sea and Beinn Hough are visible to the W. The view to the S is of farm land with Ben Hynish visible on the horizon. The field is marshy in places and has a grass covered old, now unused, raised track or bank running E-W from the W fence of the field before turning N to enter the field to the east. Parts of the field to the S seem to have been drained in the past but now may be grazed by animals. The field is enclosed on all sides with post & wire fences. This cnoc lies just within the W fence-line, towards the NW corner of the field. There are three other rock art panels in the same field. Creag an Sgalaig 4 lies 50m to the E, just within the western fence boundary of the field. Creag an Sgalaig 1 and 2 lie 120m to the SE almost at the centre of the field .
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
5.1 |
Width |
3.2 |
| Height (max) |
1.9 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NW |
Carved Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
C5. Panel Notes
This large domed gneiss cnoc comprises several part. The main three are: a domed rock standing up to 1.9m high, a smaller outcrop to its SE and, between the two, in a deep fissure filled with grass, an oblong convex rock on which is a line of 4 cups. The whole cnoc is 5.1m NW-SE x 3.2 NE-SW. Outwith these three components are a scattering of smaller outcrops. The oblong rock in the fissure is aligned NW-SE. The 4 deep cups measure 0.9m x 0.4m and are arranged along its length, two together in the middle and one at each end.
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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4
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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
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
The stock in the field are unlikely to damage the rock art which is in a deep fissure in the cnoc.
