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| Canmore ID |
16049 |
SCRAP ID |
2566 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NJ 16450 42060
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
| CAIRN |
PERIOD UNASSIGNED |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
12/08/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
LEAKIN |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
NJ14SE0012
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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 |
| Classification 2 |
Cairn |
Period 2 |
Period Unassigned |
County
MORAYSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NJ |
16450 |
42060 |
| New OS NGR |
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| Lat/Long |
57.4611 |
-3.39429 |
| 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
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Undulating |
| 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 panel lies in the centre of a robbed grass-covered cairn which has several large stones protruding from the surface. The cairn is surrounded by a broken fence and is open to grazing by sheep and cattle. The area outwith the broken fence is arable and pasture. Within the same field as the robbed cairn is a long, broken stone wall running N to S, made up of large field boulders. There are no other sites within 200m. The site has large panoramic views over the Spey Valley toward Ben Rinnes to the SE.
Previous Notes
NJ14SE 14 1645 4206.
Surmounting a rise at NJ 1645 4206 is a robbed cairn, surviving as a flat-topped turf-covered mound, measuring 14.0m N-S by about 16.0m transversely and c.1.1m high. A few kerb-stones are visible in the N and S, but the W and E arcs are obscured by modern field clearance. It is locally thought to be the remains of a chapel. Near the centre of the cairn is a partially buried prostrate rectangular block c.1.2m by c.0.6m bearing at least twenty cup-marks.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 4 March 1971.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
The panel lies on the centre of a cairn the purpose of which is uncertain. |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.2 |
Width |
0.6 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NW |
Carved Surface |
NW |
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 |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Appears to be partially metamorphic sandstone with quartz crystals
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Bedding Planes
- Weathering Channels
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a rectangular sandstone stone block measuring 1.2 x 0.6m and 0.2m that lies in grass-covered soil at an angle of 20 degrees within the stone cairn. Its upper surface has natural bedding planes which split the cupmarks into three distinct groups at different level. There are approximately 36 cupmarks and 1 pair of conjoined cups. The 3D model also shows 4 of the cups connected by incised and pecked grooves to form a cross-like motif. The cups are generally shallow in depth compared to their width. No toolmarks were visible. The stone may have at one time have been upright and there is therefore a possibility of cupmarks on the underneath surface.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
4 cup are joined by incised and pecked grooves of uncertain date forming a cross-shape
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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36
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1
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Partial Ring
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1
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Other carvings and motifs
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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
- Panel was known before the project.
- 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.
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
- This panel has been estimated to be seriously at risk of being damaged or destroyed.
Comments and other potential threats
The cairn on which the panel is situated was previously enclosed by a barbed wire agricultural fence to protect the cairn. This fence is now decrepit and much of the wire is missing allowing free access of grazing animals to walk over the cup marked stone. It would be very beneficial if this fence was replaced.
