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COCKLEROY

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Canmore ID 48000 SCRAP ID 3399
Location OS Grid Ref: NS 98975 74356 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 31/10/2020 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name COCKLEROY Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Natural Feature Period 1 Period Unassigned
County
WEST LOTHIAN

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NS 98975 74356
Lat/Long 55.95157 -3.61941
Obtained By: GPS

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • At original location
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

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

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Improved Pasture
  • Rough Grazing
  • Route way
  • Conservation

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Settlement
  • Enclosure
  • Ditch/Bank
  • Hillfort

B5. Location Notes

This sandstone boulder lies embedded in turf at NS 98975 94356 . It is located 45m SE of the OS Trig Point on the summit of Cockleroy Hill in the centre of the trackway from the car park to the summit of the hill, and adjacent to the entrance to Cockleroy hillfort where the track passes through the ruinous stone enclosure wall that circles the summit.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 0.6 Width 0.2
Height (max) 0.1 Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Fine Visible Anomalies Not Visible
 Rock Type Sandstone

C4. Surface Features

  • Smooth Surface

C5. Panel Notes

This sandstone boulder has above-surface dimensions of 0.56 x 0.22 x 0.09m. It has several depressions over its length which gives the appearance of the stone being cup marked. Two of the depressions are more symmetrical than the others which are more irregular. All of the depressions have been assessed as being natural features.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is not mentioned

Comments

The depressions ahve been assessed as being natural.

C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Right to Roam access.
  • Panel is on Private land.
  • There is and interpretation on site.

D2. Awareness

  • No selection
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
  • There are sheep near the rock.
Human
  • The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
  • The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats

No comments added