Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• Wood/Forest

B3. Forestry

• Felled
• New Plantation

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

• Other rock art

B5. Location Notes

Located on a terrace on a S facing slope above the junction of the rivers Conon and Meig, this boulder has extensive views to the south

Previous Notes

This site, recorded by NOSAS in 2007 as part of the Scotland's Rural Past Project,has a wonderful aspect to the south overlooking Strathconon. It is at an altitude of 180m and on a terrace about 1.5kms to the north of Little Scatwell. The whole area has been commercially forested and recently felled leaving a mass of brashings and tree stumps which make access very difficult. There is evidence of improved land in the vicinity with a number of large enclosure and a complex field system to the SE. There are also cairns which may not be clearance. The site comprises one main boulder and three “satellites”. There may well be other cup marked stones in the vicinity. 056C Cup Marked Stone NGR NH 39490 57820 An earth-fast boulder, roughly triangular in ground plan, c3m x c3m x 2m, rising to c1.5m in the form of a peaked ridge, with a single cup c8cm in diameter and 1cm deep at the high point of the boulder. Standing beside the boulder the main view is down into Strathconon looking towards the Model Dairy at Scatwell Home Farm. The boulder lies in an area of recently felled conifers, close to a steep break of slope at c180m OD. <1> <2> <1> Marshall, M, 2008, Cup marked rocks at Scatwell, 056C (Text/Record Form). SHG23981. <2> Marshall, M., 2009, A Project to Identify, Survey and Record Archaeological Remains in Strathconon, Ross-shire: Report of Phase One Scatwell and Lower Strathconon, Site 56C (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG24094.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

• Fissures/cracks
• Natural Hollows
• Bedding Planes
• Weathering Channels

C5. Panel Notes

This complex earthfast boulder, roughly triangular in shape, has many surfaces. The carved surface which is a small flat area at the apex of the boulder has a single cup 8cms in diameter and 6cms deep

C6. Probability

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

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

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

• There are shrubs growing on the rock surface.
• There are trees nearby whose roots might disturb the rock.

Animal

Human

• No selection

Comments and other potential threats

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