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STRATH SGITHEACH ALLT NA CRICHE 6

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Canmore ID 368638 SCRAP ID 3034
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 52014 63003 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 08/07/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name STRATH SGITHEACH ALLT NA CRICHE Number 6
Other names Strath Sgitheach Allt an Criche F
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 52014 63003
Lat/Long 57.6326 -4.48018
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
Position in landscape Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Sloping
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) S

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

  • Other rock art
  • Field System
  • Ditch/Bank
  • Hut circle(s)

B5. Location Notes

This panel is on a S facing sloping hillside with has extensive views S, above a long hollow, possibly an old stream bed. It is located 100m E of a track to the col before Cioch Mhor, and 800m from the river Sgitheach. Another panel is 100m to the west , and field systems are 1000m west. It is part of a group of cup-marked stones recorded as Canmore 12923.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Outcrop

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1.7 Width 0.7
Height (max) 0.6 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
0 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface S Carved Surface S Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies Not Visible
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Weathering Channels
  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

This panel is a low-lying irregular, elongated shaped outcrop of hard and medium grained metamorphic mica schist, measuring approximately 1.7m x 0.7 m, and almost flush with the ground. The upper surface is smooth and almost flat, sloping very gently to the S. There are 7 cups, 6 of which form a distinct linear alignment along the long axis of the rock, leading to its N edge.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
7

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Right to Roam access.

D2. Awareness

  • Panel was known before the project.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
  • There are other significant animal threats.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

Deer