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| Canmore ID |
14122 |
SCRAP ID |
2123 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 72347 39463
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
26/11/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DAVIOT CHURCHYARD |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG2858
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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 |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
72350 |
39410 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
72347 |
39463 |
| Lat/Long |
57.42752 |
-4.12758 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| other |
placed on a pedestal |
| 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.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
Other:Churchyard
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel has been placed on a pedestal immediately outside the door to Daviot Church (Canmore ID: 14105). Several other cupmarked stones have been recorded in the churchyard (Canmore ID: 14122) but these could not be located.
Daviot Churchyard overlooks the confluence of the River Nairn and the Craggie Burn, which can be found approximately 200m to the SE. Today's major through routes (road and rail) pass close by on the E side of the churchyard.
Previous Notes
NH73NW 5 7235 3941 and 7234 3945.
(NH 7235 3944) There are cup-marked stones in Daviot churchyard. They lie flat on the ground on the south-east side of the church, with the cupped surface upwards.
One of them, a flat yellowish sandstone slab, lies about halfway between the church tower and the south-east corner of the yard. It is 5 feet 11 inches long, 22 inches broad at its upper end and 14 inches at the lower.
Another example, of rough sandstone 'passing into conglomerate', with several empty hollows where rounded stones have dropped out, is 13 yards from the south-east corner of the church. It is 4 feet 7 inches long and from 20 to 23 inches broad, and bears at least four cups.
There are other cup-marked stones within the enclosure.
W Jolly 1882.
In the churchyard at Daviot, at NH 7235 3941 is a dressed granite slab 1.6m long by 0.6m wide by 0.1m thick inclined against a flat gravestone. The outline of above four small indistinct cup-marks can be traced on the upwards facing surface. This stone may be the second stone described by W Jolly (1882) (save that the length is 5ft 7") no trace was seen of the first described stone.
At NH 7234 3945, at the west side of the church door, is a small pedestal of stones on top of which is a flat stone 0.6m x 0.4m x 0.2m thick. On the upper surface of the stone is a distinct cup mark 3" in diameter and 2" deep, with a smaller indistinct one alongside. This stone was removed from the south wall of the side-road leading from the main road to the church about two years ago when this wall was demolished to provide a car park.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 28 August 1963; Information from Rev Dr Macpherson, Daviot Manse, Daviot.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
placed on a pedestal |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.8 |
Width |
0.5 |
| Height (max) |
0.1 |
Height (min) |
0.6 |
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 |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This sandstone panel, 0.8m long x 0.5m wide, and 0.15m thick, has been placed horizontally on a 0.6m high pedestal. There is a cup in approximately the centre, 0.08m across by 0.04m deep. A second smaller shallow cup can also be seen.
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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1
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Access is managed by a national organisation.
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.
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
