NORTH UIST, BUAILE RISARY, BEN RISARY
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| Canmore ID |
10084 |
SCRAP ID |
2313 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NF 76704 72910
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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 |
01/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
NORTH UIST, BUAILE RISARY, BEN RISARY |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
SM5633 |
Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NF |
76690 |
72930 |
| New OS NGR |
NF |
76704 |
72910 |
| Lat/Long |
57.62975 |
-7.41865 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Heavy Rain
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
NE |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: Aisled roundhouse, Sheiling huts
B5. Location Notes
The stone is located just below the summit of Bualie Risary hill, on the NE facing slope of the hill in moorland and rough grazing within a large clearing surrounded by mature sicta spruce forest. The remains of an aisled roundhouse and shieling huts are spread around the summit of the hill. There has been considerable movement and re-configuration of stone, and it is possible that the panel is not in its current location. The trig point lies about 40m to the SW. There are clear views from the panel to the NE.
Previous Notes
NF77SE 17 7669 7293.
(NF 768 729) A stone bearing three or four (seven or more: Lyford Pike 1940) cupmarks lies in the N edge of Buaile Risary.
E Beveridge 1911; J D Lyford-Pike 1940.
This stone is situated at NF 7669 7293. It measures 1.4m long by 0.7m maximum breadth by 0.35m maximum thickness. Ten shallow cupmarks were found, the largest being 3ins in diameter by 3/4ins deep.
Surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (W D J) 20 June 1965.
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) |
1.4 |
Width |
0.7 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
0.1 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
NE |
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 |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This a roughly triangular stone measuring 1.4x0.7m and jutting out from the hillside to a maximum height of 0.4m. The upper surface slopes gently to the NE and has a number of natural depressions of various shapes sizes. There are 6 possible cupmarks on the S section of the stone, 3 of which are more than 6cm in diameter including one relatively deep cup.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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3
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3
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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
- This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
