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| Canmore ID |
368684 |
SCRAP ID |
3351 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NX 69959 47146
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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 |
05/07/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
TOWNHEAD |
Number |
24 |
| Other names |
Townhead 7 (van Hoek and Kirkcudbright Team), Townhead 2b (Naddir et al) |
| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NX |
69959 |
47146 |
| Lat/Long |
54.80227 |
-4.02455 |
| Obtained By: |
Map
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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.) |
NW |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located near the bottom (eastern) of the gentle SE slope of a field of improved pasture that contains numerous other carved outcrops (Townhead 1-26). It is situated on a small low knoll in centre of a flat-topped low spur protruding NE from a low hillock, on which the carved outcrops Townhead 18-26 are located. A small burn running along the E end of the field lies about 35m to the E, and a small marshy area (possible former lochan) lies to the N. There are extensive views all round except WNW where they are blocked by far side of valley. The panel was entirely turf-covered, Townhead 24 was originally recorded by van Hoek as Townhead 7 (no Canmore record) and by Naddir et al as Townhead 2b. It was previously grouped with Townhead 22 and 23 (Naddir et al's Townhead 2a and 2c) in Canmore 77806, ScRAP 1138.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.5 |
Width |
1.2 |
| Height (max) |
0.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NW |
Carved Surface |
NNW |
Carved Surface |
NNW |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Greywacke
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
This small area of greywacke bedrock (1.5x1.2m) is fluch with the ground (beneath turf). It has a remarkably smooth rock surface, sloping gently to the NW, with the motifs limited to an area of 0.3x0.2m. There are 4 distinct cups and 3 shallower 'possibles'. The motifs appear to have no pattern to their positioning relative to each other. There are a few possible random peck-marks elsewhere on the panel and a few fissures, as well as two very straight fine scorings, 1-2mm deep, crossing the panel NE-SW, which are presumed to be modern. Their edges are pitted giving much the same appearance as the small tool marks, but are more likely to be damage caused by recent farming operations..
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
Also 3 possible cupmarks and two very straight fine scorings, 1-2mm deep, cross the panel NE-SW; these are presumed to be modern.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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4
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Visible Tool Marks? Yes
Visible Peck Marks? Yes
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
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
Comments and other potential threats
Under turf
