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| Canmore ID |
368396 |
SCRAP ID |
3114 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 09755 68876
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
04/10/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BLARMACHFOLDACH |
Number |
2 |
| 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 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NN |
09755 |
68876 |
| Lat/Long |
56.77249 |
-5.11488 |
| 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.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
This large, substantial glacial boulder can be found within a field of rough grazing. It sits on a gently S sloping hillside within the lower half of the Glen. There are open views to the SE and Ben Nevis is visible to the E. The boulder sits roughly 50m to SW of the main road, along which several houses and a farm building are visible. The lower slopes below the field to the S are populated with trees. Beside this boulder, on the W side, is a smaller stone.
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) |
3 |
Width |
2.5 |
| Height (max) |
1.8 |
Height (min) |
1.4 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
Multiple |
Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
Flat |
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 |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
Other: Banding
C5. Panel Notes
The top of this large boulder is flat, and has been carved with a single large cup mark c. 10 mm in diameter. The motif is only visible when viewed from on top of the boulder. There is a large crack on the SW side of the boulder and quartz veins are visible.
The panel was discovered by local, retired GP, Chris Robinson during field walking in the area after rediscovering the rock art panel at Blarmachfoldach 1 (see ScRAP ID: 3013).
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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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
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
