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| Canmore ID |
7706 |
SCRAP ID |
1971 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
ND 04072 58792
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
| FARMSTEAD |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
28/07/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BROUBSTER |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG39809
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Farm Building |
Period 2 |
19-20th Century |
County
CAITHNESS
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
ND |
04070 |
58800 |
| New OS NGR |
ND |
04072 |
58792 |
| Lat/Long |
58.50669 |
-3.64797 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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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.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: Farm buildings
B5. Location Notes
The site is at an abandoned croft house and which is presently very overgrown with nettles and long grass. The cup marked stone is lying among an area of abandoned wood, metal and tyres c.1m SW of the porch of the house and c.2m in front of the W wall. On the day of the visit the stone was hidden under grass and moss, this was replaced after the rock was photographed at the time of survey.
Previous Notes
ND05NW 20 0407 5880.
(ND 041 588) A cup-marked sandstone boulder measuring 0.6m x 0.36m x 0.24m, with five deep cups on its upper surface.
L J Myatt 1977.
The cup-marked stone, as described by Myatt, is at ND 0407 5880 at the porch of a deserted croft.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 December 1981.
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) |
0.7 |
Width |
0.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
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 |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Bedding Planes
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
The rock art panel is a block of sandstone 0.7m E-W by 0.4m and 0.3m high. It is not in its original position and may have been used in the original building of the croft house 100 plus years ago. However there is no mortar on the stone so it may have been found elsewhere and left beside the croft house. There are 5 large deep cups on the rock; it is possible that there is a groove between 2 of the cups.
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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5
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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
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
