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| Canmore ID |
22847 |
SCRAP ID |
2263 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NM 83970 00486
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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 |
31/07/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
Carnasserie Cottage |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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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 |
Modern |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NM |
83950 |
00500 |
| New OS NGR |
NM |
83970 |
00486 |
| Lat/Long |
56.14798 |
-5.47939 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-located
- Provenance unknown
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
Bottom of hill |
| 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
B5. Location Notes
The stone is located 15 - 20m to the W of the cottage. The stone can be easily accessed from the car park and a short walk along the footpath. The stone is located 5-6m to the N of the footpath and almost in line with the old signpost which is next to the path.
While we were recording the stone in its current location, the landowner arrived and informed us that her brother had in fact carved the cup marks on to the rock when he was a young man. She also suggested that the actual pecking of the cup marks might have taken place on the cottage premises.
Previous Notes
NM80SW 30 8395 0050.
NM 838 006. In a pasture field immediately beyond Carnassarie Cottage, and only about three yards north of the minor road leading from the main road to Carnassarie farm, is a stone with possible cup-marks. The boulder is dome-shaped and square-sided, measuring 2' by 1 1/2' by 1'. On its dome top are two shallow cups 3" in diameter and half an inch deep set fairly wide apart, one to the east side, the other to the west.
J Davies 1970; Information from Ts by R W B Morris, undated.
NM 8395 0050. According to the farmer, this boulder was dug out of the ground when constructing a drain a few years ago. The two ? cups are almost certainly the result of small stones rubbing against the boulder naturally.
Visited by OS (R D) 12 October 1971.
On the upper face of a rectangular block of stone (0.5m by 0.42m by 0.35m), which lies immediately N of the track to Carnassarie Castle and about 20m W of Carnassarie Cottage, there are two roughly pecked cupmarks, each measuring 80 mm by 15 mm (Davies 1970).
Visited May 1983
RCAHMS 1988
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Other context |
It could potentially be a large river cobble glacial erratic, however the landowner informed us that the stone is not in its original location. |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.6 |
Width |
0.5 |
| Height (max) |
0.3 |
Height (min) |
0.2 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
SW |
Carved Surface |
NE |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Very Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
Not Sure
Other
Other: Lichen obscures of the surface.
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
Other: Striations
C5. Panel Notes
The stone has two panels, one panel faces the NE while the other panel faces the SW. Both panels have a cup mark, with a total of two cup marks. There are visible peck marks however one cup mark is slightly obscured by lichen.
This panel has however, been reported by the landowner as a modern creation, carved by her brother when he was a young man.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
Two definite cup marks. The SW facing cup mark has a 9cm diameter and a depth of 1.5cm. The NE cup mark has a diameter of 8cm and a depth of 1.3cm.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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2
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Visible Tool Marks? Yes
Visible Peck Marks? Yes
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
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 Yes
D3. Risk
Natural
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
Human
- The rock is within or on the edge of arable land.
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
