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| Canmore ID |
22849 |
SCRAP ID |
2178 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NM 83891 00848
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| STRUCTURE |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
08/04/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
CARNASSERIE CASTLE |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
SM90061 |
Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Prehistoric |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NM |
83870 |
00860 |
| New OS NGR |
NM |
83891 |
00848 |
| Lat/Long |
56.1512 |
-5.48096 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
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| other |
In the grounds of Carnasserie Castle. |
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| Position in landscape |
Top of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
NW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Burial Mound/Cairn
- Standing Stone
Other: Carnasserie Castle
B5. Location Notes
The stone is located in the tended grounds of Carnasserie Castle. The stone is located 9.6m away from the northern corner the castle and it lies next to a tree, NW of the castle, within a smattering of smaller stones.
The rock is not believed to be in its original context, but thought likely to have been quarried from somewhere within the vicinity of the Kilmartin area.
Previous Notes
NM80SW 32 8387 0086.
NM 8387 0086. Lying in the grounds to the W of Carnasserie Castle is a semi-circular stone bearing five possible cup-marks 8cm in diameter and 3cm deep.
Visited by OS (J P) 8 November 1971.
Some 9m W of the NW angle of Carnassarie Castle (NM80SW 2), there is a slab of stone, 0.7m by 0.42m by 0.l5m, lying in a patch of rough grass. It appears to be a fragment of a larger slab, as five of the seven cups on its upper face are cut by the sides of the stone. The cups measure up to 100mm by 55mm.
Visited May 1983
RCAHMS 1988
NM 838 008 Site included in a field survey carried out by GUARD in 2003. To the west and north-west of Carnasserie Castle there are low turf covered banks forming the foundations of rectangular structures. There is also a smaller single roomed structure to the west of the Castle.
H F James, 2003 (RCAHMS MS 2371, no.23)
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) |
0.6 |
Width |
0.4 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0.1 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
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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 |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Quartzite
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel surface is uneven, very coarse and dark. There was a considerable amount of moss covering the stone before the stone was cleaned during the recording process. The cup marks are especially large and deep. A total of seven cup marks were counted across the surface of the stone.
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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7
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam 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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
- There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
