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UPLANDS 2

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Canmore ID 368706 SCRAP ID 3282
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 55240 61360 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 18/03/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name UPLANDS Number 2
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Rock Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 55240 61360
Lat/Long 57.6189 -4.42523
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Rough Grazing

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art

B5. Location Notes

This rock lies in a field of rough grazing scattered with numerous deciduous trees on a S facing slope c.600m directly to the N of the E end of Dingwall, c.300m W of the summit of Cnoc Ravoch to the E, and c.90m to the W of a forestry plantation. There are views out to the SE over the Cromarty Firth to the Black Isle. There are other panels in the area, including Uplands 1 (ScRAP ID: 857; Canmore ID: 12916) which lies c.40m to the SE.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Outcrop

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 2.1 Width 1.8
Height (max) 0.5 Height (min) 0
Approximate slope of carved surface
5 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface E Carved Surface E Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a large oval shaped boulder measuring 2.1m in length by 1.8m in width and up to 0.5m in height. The upper surface has been decorated with 7 cup marks.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
7

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

  • 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.
  • There are cattle near the rock.
Human
  • No selection
Comments and other potential threats

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