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| Canmore ID |
12403 |
SCRAP ID |
2507 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 4993 5934
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Team |
NOSAS
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| Standing Stone |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
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Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
KILVANNIE MANOR |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MHG44802
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SM Number |
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Other |
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County
No County recorded
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
49930 |
59340 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
4993 |
5934 |
| Lat/Long |
57.59904 |
-4.51278 |
| Obtained By: |
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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| Position in landscape |
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| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
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| 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
No notes added
Previous Notes
NH45NE 1 4993 5934 to 5000 5936.
(NH 4993 5934) Standing Stone (NR) (NH 5000 5936) Standing Stone (NR) OS 6"map,(1938)
On each side of the church are two standing-stones. The tradition exists that Fin Mac Coul, the Fingal of Ossian, threw these, from Knockfarrel, upon his enemies. 'In confirmation of this, the marks of a gigantic finger and thumb are still pointed out on one of them. Some are of opinion that they were used for offering up sacrifice in the time of the Druids, as the larger of the two has the appearance of being burnt from top to bottom'. <1>
Western stone, 5' high (Name Book 1876) <2>, bears a large cup mark (D MacDonald, A Polson & J Brown 1931) <3>. The eastern stone stands 4' high.(Name Book 1876).
The W stone measures 0.9m x 0.9m and is 2.2m high. The "large cup mark" is about half way up W face and is 0.2m in diameter and 0.1m deep and appears to be a mortise or socket hole. An apparently natural fissure on E face at about same level appears to have been artificially hollowed to form another mortise about 0.3m diameter and 0.15m deep. The stone is surrounded by an iron protection rail. Resurveyed at 1:2500.
E stone is 1.6m high and roughly cylindrical, 0.9m diameter. It is surrounded by an iron protection rail.
Visited by OS (I S S) 13 September 1973
A possible solar alignment was explored here by D Scott in 1986. An alignment was suggested with a third stone, 1,230m to the W (see MHG54214), possibly to determine the sun at the equinoxes. <4>
NH45NE 1 49935934 and 50005936
No change. Visited by RCAMS (JRS) March 1989.
<1> NSA, 1845, The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, Vol. 14, (J Noble) 253 (Text/Publication/Volume). SHG2597.
<2> Name Book (County), Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 9, 84 (Text/Publication/Volume). SHG3399.
<3> MacDonald, Polson and Brown, D, A and J, {1931}, The book of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Orkney and Shetland: descriptive, historical and antiquarian notes, 38 (Text/Publication/Volume). SHG2437.
<4> Scott, D, 03/1986, The Solar Alignment At Kilvannie, Ross-shire. (Text/Manuscript). SHG3508.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
No selection
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Grain Size |
No selection
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
No selection
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
not mentioned
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
