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| Canmore ID |
25275 |
SCRAP ID |
2400 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 80638 04229
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| STANDING STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
17/09/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
THE WHITE STONE |
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 |
Standing Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 2 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
PERTHSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NN |
80630 |
04200 |
| New OS NGR |
NN |
80638 |
04229 |
| Lat/Long |
56.21561 |
-3.92623 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny Intervals
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The stone is situated immediately to the SE side of a fence which runs SW-NE, at right angles to the access road to Upper Whiteston farm. It lies about 170m SW along this fence from the access road. It is easily visible from the road and the farm.
Previous Notes
NN80SW 3 8063 0420
(NN 8063 0420) The White Stone (NR).
OS 6" map, (1959)
The Whittieston Stone, just in front of the farmhouse of Upper Whittieston is about 9ft high and 6ft 10 ins wide. On the east side it is marked with one large and seven smaller cups, possibly natural (OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford, 12 August 1936). It is known locally as the Macgregor Stone and a tradition associates it with the Battle of Sheriffmuir, but this name may be derived from the Macgregors of Balhaldies, on whose land it stood.
A F Hutchison 1893.
The stone is as described; the cup-marks appear to be genuine. At Upper Whiteston farm the stone is known as the "White Stone", the other names were not confirmed.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 June 1967.
NN 806 042. This stone measures 2.1 m by 0.5m and 3m in height; the E face is cup-marked.
RCAHMS 1979.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Standing stone monument |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
2.1 |
Width |
0.5 |
| Height (max) |
3.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
E |
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 |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Not Sure
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The carvings are on the E face of a 3.1m tall standing stone, known as the White Stone which is 2.1m wide at its NS axis, and about 0.5m thick E-W. There are 7 visible cupmarks on this face. The largest is 9cm diameter by 4cm deep and is possibly a natural hollow. The others appear to be human-made. On the 3D model there appears to be another possible cup mark towards the N edge of the panel, and a possible cup and ring mark on the S edge. These were not seen on the site visit however. The surface is quite weathered.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Probable
Comments
Two of the cup marks are possibly not rock art, as is the cup and ring mark which was only seen on the 3D model.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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8
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
