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| Canmore ID |
368391 |
SCRAP ID |
2093 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 57387 63759
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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 |
14/11/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BLACK HILL |
Number |
2 |
| Other names |
shown as B in Canmore record 12896 |
| HER/SMR |
MHG8958
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup And Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
57380 |
63720 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
57387 |
63759 |
| Lat/Long |
57.64111 |
-4.39073 |
| 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 Intervals
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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
- Other rock art
- Hut circle(s)
B5. Location Notes
The panel is on a steep E facing slope, overlooking the Cromarty Firth to the Black Isle, with the open sea in the distance between the Sutors to the NE. A power line with pylons crosses about 150m SE, lower down the slope. Black Hill 1 is about 60m to the S, on the same (200m) contour. To the NW is a vehicle track to a single wind turbine. The panel can accessed from that track via a gate in the fence. This panel and Black Hill 1 are both accurately placed on the OS 1:25k map.
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) |
1.6 |
Width |
1 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
|
Carved Surface |
E |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
|
Grain Size |
Medium
|
Visible Anomalies |
Quartz Veins
Other
Other: Mica, Feldspar
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is an irregular boulder 1.6m x 1.0m, comprising of schist with coarse granitic intrusions. There are two carved surfaces, the top surface being uneven but approximately level, and the E part of the panel sloping at 60deg with further markings. A prominent cup is at the break between the two, and has a raised edge forming a ring. There are 12 other 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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12
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Cup and Rings
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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
- Panel was known before the project.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
