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| Canmore ID |
63987 |
SCRAP ID |
2595 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NX 68700 44699
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP AND RING MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
16/04/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALMAE |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
MDG3582
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SM Number |
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Other |
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County
KIRKUDBRIGHTSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NX |
68700 |
44700 |
| New OS NGR |
NX |
68700 |
44699 |
| Lat/Long |
54.77996 |
-4.04302 |
| 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
Although several attempts were made to locate this panel over several days fieldwork, it was not located in the field. The line of exposed W-sloping outcrops on the external SE side of the Balmae House walled garden were cleaned and checked for motifs. These lie approximately 270m SE of the original location of Balmae House. In addition, as there is no mention of the garden wall in the records, the internal outcrops along the same wall were also checked.
Previous Notes
NX64SE 8 687 447.
The following markings were noted by Coles on W-sloping rock outcrops some 300 yds (270m) SE of Balmae House: (a) a cup-and-five-complete rings 60cm in diameter, and also four concentric rings with no cup; and (b), immediately below 'a', five concentric rings 46cm in diameter, no cup. These marks were not found by RCAHMS, who visited the area in 1911, nor by Bailey in 1965. (See Coles, fig. 6 for sketch, followed by Morris.)
F R Coles 1895a; RCAHMS 1914; R W B Morris and D C Bailey 1967;
R W B Morris 1979.
Not located.
Visited by OS (DWR) 14 April 1971.
The cup-and-ring marks illustrated by Coles (1895, fig.6) could not be found on the date of visit.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 26 November 2002
FR Coles 1895a
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
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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
