Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

PERTHSHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

• Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

• No selection

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

• Other rock art
• Field System
• Ditch/Bank

B5. Location Notes

The panel is situated at 312m asl on the S side of Ben Lawers above Loch Tay. It lies among bracken in an enclosed field of rough grazing below the head dyke, 30m from a wall to the WSW and 70m from a wall to the SSE. A small watercourse lies 70m to the W. To the immediate N of the panel the ground flattens slightly for about 5m before getting steeper. Less than 1m S of the panel is a steeply angled stone which may be part of an old field boundary, faintly visible running NE-SW on the aerial photo image. To the S the ground falls moderately steeply onto a broad terrace before dropping more steeply to the loch which is visible from S to SE. The view to the E is of the S side of Meall Odhar, and the mountains south of Loch Tay which is no longer visible. The view to the W is the S side of Beinn Ghlas, while that to the N is the S side of Ben Lawers. This panel is likely to be the first of two previously recorded under Canmore 305711, at NN 65047 38888 (no rock was observed at this location). While there is a broad distribution of rock art in the surrounding landscape, the only other know panel within 200m is Craggantoul 1, which lies 17m to the S. The panel lies within post-medieval and modern field systems, but there are no other sites recorded by Canmore with 200m.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

• Natural Hollows
• Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a sub-oval schist boulder with a slightly domed surface and rounded edges and sides. It slopes between 5 and 15 degrees to the SSE. Its sides were largely covered with turf and moss which, when rolled back, revealed it is up to 0.2 m high at the E end. It has a hard, coarse texture, with a rough surface, including some small hollows which might be cupmarks but are propbably natural. There are 13 cupmarks, 7 of them in a rough NE-SW line parallel to the NW edge - from the NE, two groups of three and a single one at the W. The other 6 are in a loose irregular arrangement in the central part of the panel. They are 50-80mm in diameter and up to 10mm 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.
• Access is managed by a national organisation.

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 No

D3. Risk

Natural

• Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.

Animal

• There are sheep near the rock.

Human

• No selection

Comments and other potential threats

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