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MILTON OF FARR

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Canmore ID 13214 SCRAP ID 2343
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 68383 32526 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications
Classification Period
CUP MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC
Date Fieldwork Started 28/02/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? No  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name MILTON OF FARR Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number SM11556 Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Prehistoric
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR NH 68380 32520
New OS NGR NH 68383 32526
Lat/Long 57.36412 -4.18982
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
Position in landscape Bottom of hill
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Flat
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Improved Pasture

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • No selection

B5. Location Notes

This large boulder is situated in the NE corner of an improved field with a rough stone wall to the NE.

Previous Notes

NH63SE 32 6838 3252. Situated at NH 6838 3252 is an isolated erratic boulder measuring 3.0m NE-SW by 2.5m and 0.9m maximum height. The surface is inclined towards the NE and is covered with at least 30 cup marks. Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (I S S) 14 September 1973; Information from Mr Cumming, Croftcroy, Farr, Inverness-shire. This boulder is situated in an improved field on the haugh of the River Farnack. It measures 2.9m from NE to SW by 2.6m transversely and 0.9m in height at its SW end. Its upper surface bears 10 well-formed cups, and up to 21 further possible examples. The cups measure up to 90mm in diameter and 50mm in depth. (USN93 223) Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 16 November 1992.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 3 Width 2.7
Height (max) 1 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
20 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface NE Carved Surface NE Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Very Coarse Visible Anomalies Quartz Veins
 Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Natural Hollows
  • Weathering Channels
  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

A large, rough surfaced schist boulder, 3x2.7m in size, covered with up to 48 probable cupmarks on its flat upper surface. No cup marks were visible on the sides of the boulder.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
48

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
  • Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
  • Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added