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| Canmore ID |
12881 |
SCRAP ID |
2608 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 57645 65942
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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 |
01/04/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
DRUIM MOR |
Number |
2 |
| Other names |
Numbering from Dougie Scott report MHG 8972 |
| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
4945 |
Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Dyke |
Period 2 |
Post Medieval |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
57640 |
65940 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
57645 |
65942 |
| Lat/Long |
57.66079 |
-4.3877 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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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.) |
SE |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Rough Grazing
- Wood/Forest
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Settlement
- Burial Mound/Cairn
- Enclosure
- Ditch/Bank
- Clearance cairn(s)
B5. Location Notes
The panel lies on the lower SE facing slopes of Swordale Hill overlooking Strathsgitheach. It is situated at the bottom edge and W facing side of a dry stone wall, which lies at the W end of a large field of rough grazing and immediately to the E of a newly planted field of (Christmas) conifer trees. There is a new post and wire deer fence immediately (1m) to the W of the stone wall which makes finding and observation of the panel difficult. The panel can be found about 15m S of a small gate and 15 N of the E-W fence line at the bottom of the field. A telegraph line runs N-S with poles some distance to the N and S of the stone. Although the panel may have been moved in order to use it as a foundation stone for the wall, it sits out of line (70 degrees WSW) with the rest of the wall so is likely to be in its original position. The panel is part of the wider group of archaeological monuments scattered across the hillside of Swordale Hill, including a deserted settlement, chambered cairn and cup marked stones, most of which are protected within the Scheduled Monument 4945 Drumore, Farmstead, field system, chambered cairn and cup marks. This panel lies to the SW of the Scheduled area. It has been recorded previously and a report lodged with Highland Council under the HER number MHG 8972.
Previous Notes
NH56NE 18 5764 6594
Location formerly entered as NH 576 659.
NH 576 659. Cup-marked Stone, Swordale: There are twenty-four cup-markings on the exposed face of this slab which is now built into a field-wall. The slab measures 0.8m by 0.5m; the cup-markings measure up to 70 mm in diameter by 20 mm in depth.
RCAHMS 1979, visited 1978.
Cup-marked stone at NH 5764 6594 is as described above, situated at the wall base on the SW side.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B), 24 February 1981.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
Stone wall |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.9 |
Width |
0.5 |
| 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 |
WSW |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a roughly rectangular stone measuring 0.9m N-W by 0.5m. The flat surface is covered with 24 cups of varying size. The cups are scattered over the whole surface of the panel but several of the cups on the lower part of the panel are larger and deeper than the ones higher up the panel.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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24
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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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
There is a new conifer plantation immediately to the W of the wall where the panel is situated. In the future it is possible that work on the trees may impact on the panel.
