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| Canmore ID |
346554 |
SCRAP ID |
2592 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NO 45453 40005
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
05/05/2021 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DODD HILL |
Number |
|
| Other names |
Duplicate of ScRAP 1882, Canmore 346554 (Carrot Hill) |
| 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
ANGUS
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NO |
45450 |
40000 |
| New OS NGR |
NO |
45453 |
40005 |
| Lat/Long |
56.54885 |
-2.8888 |
| 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.) |
N |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
Other:Heather moor
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other: ancient quarries
B5. Location Notes
The panel is situated on a N facing slope of Carrot Hill and NE shoulder of Dodd Hill. It is a sandstone earthfast boulder measuring 1.45 x 0.77 x 0.2m. The area is located in extensive heather moorland on a peat peat bed. The boulder has deep erosion around one of the projecting faces.
Previous Notes
NO 45450 40000 On the N-facing slope of Carrot Hill at 225m OD, a sandstone boulder, 1.2 x 0.7 x 0.2m, bearing at least 15 cup marks.
Stuart Anthony,
2012
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) |
1.4 |
Width |
0.8 |
| 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 |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Natural Hollows
- Weathering Channels
C5. Panel Notes
On the flatter upmost surface there are at least 15 shallow depressions of different diameters and depths which run into the deeper erosion channels. None of these depressions has a ring, peck marks or groove and some or all may be natural features rather than cupmarks.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
The cup like depressions appear natural and associated with more obvious deeper erosion depressions and channels on the boulder face.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
|
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15
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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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
Human
- There are quarries nearby.
Comments and other potential threats
The panel had a geocache hidden beside it and is therefore visited by geocachers. It is otherwise not on a pathway and is in mature heather and unlikely to be vitited other than by geocachers.
