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| Canmore ID |
8744 |
SCRAP ID |
3473 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
ND 24260 57360
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
21/12/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
RUTHER, STONE HONE |
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County
No County recorded
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
ND |
24260 |
57360 |
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| Lat/Long |
58.49781 |
-3.30116 |
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
No notes added
Previous Notes
ND25NW 13 2426 5736
(ND 2426 5736) Stone Hone (NR)
Burial Place of Liotus Earl of Orkney (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
This stone is said to be the sepulchral monument on the grave of Liotus, Earl of Orkney.
T Pennant 1790.
The grave of Liot, Earl of Orkney, is said to be at Stenhouse, near the church of Watten.
Orig Paroch Scot 1855.
There is a heap of large stones, possibly the remains of a cromlech, at Stone Loan, a short distance W of Watten Kirk.
Two of the larger stones have some small cup marks.
T S Muir 1885.
Stone Hone consists of a cluster of about five large boulders and several smaller stones covering an area 4.5m N-S by 5.5m transversely. The largest boulder, measuring approximately 1.5 by 1.0m and 0.8m high, has five cup marks.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D L), 29 April 1963.
Stone Hone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
Stone Hone is a boss of living rock, 2.7 by 1.7m and 0.9m high, fractured by natural and/or human agency. Some field clearance stones have been piled on and around it. Of the alleged cup marks, only two are man-made hollows which occur on the top of the rock are circular and dish-shaped and do not resemble cup marks. Probably they were cut for some purpose associated with the tradition of the grave (which still exists), or possibly they are simply an act of folly.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B), 30 April 1982.
Stone Hone. Dimensions: 2.7 x 1.7m. Alarge stone 0.9m high in broken condition, contaiing two man-made hollows, traditionally the burial place of Lict, Earl of Orkney.
R J Mercer 1995 (NMRS, MS/828/19).
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
