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| Canmore ID |
370670 |
SCRAP ID |
3389 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 77297 43635
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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 |
25/09/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALMACNAUGHTON |
Number |
4 |
| 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 And Ring Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
PERTHSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NN |
77297 |
43635 |
| Lat/Long |
56.56857 |
-3.99853 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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| Position in landscape |
Top of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
W |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Settlement
- Clearance cairn(s)
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located in rough grazing on the NW sloping edge of a rocky knoll on the W facing hillside above Balmacnaughton Farm, overlooking Loch Tay with the Ben Lawers and Glen Lyon hills and Schiehallion visible to the W and N. The bedrock on top of the knoll is extensively carved, with five additional exposed areas of rock (Balmacnaughton 1-3 and 5-6), extending over a length of about 15m. This panel is about 3m SW of the largest of these, Balmacnaughton 2 and lies directly between Balmacnaughton 3 and 5. These panels collectively feature cups, cups and rings and other motifs, all previously grouped together under Canmore 25013, ScRAP 1671. The N-S running stone wall and deer fence to mature pine woodland lies 4m to the NE of the panel. On the slopes below and to the W of the panel there are the remains of numerous stone dykes, field clearance cairns, and structures. The area has been extensively quarried and re-located in structures. The rock to the S noted by Naddir in 1992 is not an additional panel but part of the six sections of outcrop mentioned the existing Canmore description, and recorded by ScRAP as Balmacnaughton 1-6.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2.5 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
W |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Very Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Other
Other: Feldspar speckles
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Rock Type |
Metamorphosed gabbro
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Rough surface
Other: Prominent felsite vein running longitudinally along the centre of the panel
C5. Panel Notes
This exposed area of outcrop measures about 2.5 x 0.9m and is flush with the ground. It lies between the Balmacnaughton 3 and 5 panels, and is of the same coarse, metamorphic rock type as all the others in this locally grouping. The most prominent feature is the thick, raised felsite vein which runs longitudinally through the centre of the panel. There are 2cm wide grooves running either side of this vein, which widen to about 7cm where the vein runs out to the W end of the rock. The grooves may be completely natural but their even, curved profiles suggest possible artificial enhancement. There are 2 motifs on the panel on opposite sides of the vein, roughly in the centre of the panel : a courgette-shaped groove of 15x6x2cm to the S of the vein and a cup with a single ring to the N (cup 5x1.5cm, ring outer diameter 11cm and inner diameter 8cm). Other sub-circular depressions are probably natural features.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
The grooves around either side of the central intrusive rock vein may well be artificial or artificially enhanced.
C7. MOTIFS
Cup and Rings
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1
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Groove
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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.
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
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
