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Canmore ID |
39575 |
SCRAP ID |
2004 |
Location OS Grid Ref: |
NR 83880 91051
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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Classification |
Period |
CUP AND RING MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
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Date Fieldwork Started |
21/07/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
Panel Name |
CAIRNBAAN |
Number |
4 |
Other names |
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HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
SM13211 |
Other |
PIC056 |
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 |
Cup And Ring Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
OS NGR |
NR |
83870 |
91060 |
New OS NGR |
NR |
83880 |
91051 |
Lat/Long |
56.06333 |
-5.4732 |
Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
Located |
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Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
Weather |
Light Rain
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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.) |
E |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located at the base of a gentle E facing slope on the W edge of a flat area roughly 35x25m that is bounded to the N, W and S by sloping land, forming a natural amphitheatre. The panel is in a grassy, cleared area surrounded by bracken, with mixed sliver birch and fir trees to the N, W and S. There are clears views to the E across the S end of Kilmartin Glen to Achnabrek in forestry on the opposite side of the valley, and to the SE to Cowal. The cluster of carved panels (Cairnbaan 1-3, Canmore 39586) are situated about 70m to the E, through a metal gate in a stone wall which lies 40m to the E. Other caved panels at Dunamuck Cottage (ScRAP 805 and 1725, Canmore 312122 and 88647) lie about 120-150m to the NE. Crinan Canal is situated about 200m to the S but is not visible.
Previous Notes
NR89SW 2 8387 9106.
(NM 8387 9105) Inscribed Rock (NR)
OS 6" map (1900)
Cups, cup-and-rings, and some gutters, on a sheet of rock.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; D Christison 1904
Cup and ring marked rock as described and planned by above.
Visited by OS (DWR) 1 May 1973
NR 8388 9106. No change to the previous information.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 1 April 1977
In open moorland 100 m W of (NR89SW 3) there is a rock-sheet, flush with the surface of the ground, on which there is a complex series of markings, the most distinctive of which are a number of conjoined multiple-ringed cups. Six of these are surrounded by four rings, one by three rings, seven by two rings, and eight by single rings; several of the ringed cups have gutters. In addition, there are at least fifteen plain cups and stretches of wandering grooves. An unusual mark lies at bottom right of the outcrop; it is badly weathered, but appears to comprise a broad shallow cup surrounded by a single ring which is linked to the cup by a series of rays (Morris 1977).
Visited June 1985
RCAHMS 1988
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) |
3.2 |
Width |
2.5 |
Height (max) |
0 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
E |
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 |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
C5. Panel Notes
This roughly rectangular area of exposed schist bedrock, measuring about 3.2x2.5m, is flush with the ground and slopes gently to the E in line with the natural incline of the terrain. The surface is textured by natural pitting, and segmented by numerous fissures running across and longitudinally down the panel. At the E end of the panel, the fissures create a series of triangular shapes. The surface is covered with multiple cup and ring motifs and grooves, as well as cupmarks, and a rare possible star motif. Several motifs are interconnected, and there are at least two cases of superimposition or phased production. Most of the carvings are arranged within the spaces defined by natural fissures, and several grooves lead into fissures. The main area of carving is situated on the SW section of the panel, with fewer motifs on the N edge.
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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1
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Partial Ring
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1
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Groove
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3
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1
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Other carvings and motifs
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
- Access is managed by a national organisation.
- There is and interpretation on site.
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
- Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
- Large amounts of water are likely to flow over the carved surface.
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added