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| Canmore ID |
368654 |
SCRAP ID |
2190 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 57599 65616
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| Cup Marked Stone |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
25/11/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
SWORDALE FARM |
Number |
1 |
| Other names |
formerly Druim Mor 3 in D Scott's survey, now relocated |
| HER/SMR |
MHG14144
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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 |
57440 |
65910 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
57599 |
65616 |
| Lat/Long |
57.65785 |
-4.38828 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- In private collection
- Surface find
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
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| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel has been moved from its previous location near the track leading to Druim Mor at NH 57440 65910. There is some recent damage to the stone. It is now at the edge of a small field along with unused farm items. Swordale Farm 2 is located nearby, a few metres to the NE.
Previous Notes
A cup marked stone located near the bend in the track leading up to Druim Mor.
The stone was photographed as part of the wider survey of cup marked stones at Druim Mor undertaken by members of the Highland Regional Council and other individuals in the summer of 1987. Four photographs were taken by L A Robertson and two were taken by P R Campbell. <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>
Douglas Scott posted a photo of the stone on the Highland HER Facebook page in 2011. <7>
The stone was included in D Scotts 2012 photographic and field survey. This stone was numbered as stone 3, photographs of which can be seen in the report. <8>
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) |
1.1 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0.6 |
Height (min) |
0 |
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 |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a triangular block of grey mica schist measuring 1.1m x 0.9m x 0.6m high. One corner has been broken. The upper surface is flat but divided by two narrow quartz ridges. There are 14 cups, 5 of which have faint traces of rings around them.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
There are 14 cups in total. 5 have possible faint rings around them
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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9
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Cup and Rings
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5
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. 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
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
There are no immediate threats, but it is amongst unused farm materials and may be moved again in future.
