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| Canmore ID |
269922 |
SCRAP ID |
2676 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 50958 45163
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| PICTISH SYMBOL STONE |
PICTISH |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
06/02/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALBLAIR (duplicate) |
Number |
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| Other names |
This Canmore record is a duplicate of Canmore 12732, ScRAP 929 MONIACK CASTLE BALBLAIR STONE |
| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
SM932 |
Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Pictish Symbol Stone |
Period 2 |
Pictish |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
50958 |
45163 |
| New OS NGR |
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| Lat/Long |
57.47215 |
-4.48691 |
| 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
All details recorded under Canmore ID 12732, SCRAP ID 929
Previous Notes
NH54NW 155 c. 509 451 Removed to NH 5518 4357
For present location (NH 5518 4357), see NH54SE 9
Until c.1827 a sculptured stone bearing the incised figure of a man and fourteen cup-marks, stood approximately 100 yards W of the parish school of Kilmorack. When that area of ground was then taken into cultivation, the stone was moved to stand close by the school, and subsequently, between 1867 and 1903, to the rockery of Moniack Castle, where it now stands (NH54SE 9). The school is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire sheet 10, 1876) at NH 51061 45167.
J Stuart 1867; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
Balblair 1, Kilmorack, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.37m +, W 0.61m
Stone type: diorite
Place of discovery: NH c 493 433
Present location: in the rockery in Moniack Castle garden.
Evidence for discovery: it was recorded by Stuart as having stood near the old parish school at Kilmorack until about 1827, when it was moved closer to the school. Sometime in the later nineteenth century it was taken to Moniack Castle.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This slab appears originally to have been a prehistoric standing stone with a number of cup-marks carved on it. In Pictish times it was incised with a ëformidable maní symbol, seen in profile walking to the right, with a prominent nose and chin. He is wearing a short gored tunic with a band at the hem. Belted at the waist, and he carries a club in his right hand.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 95-6; Fraser 2008, no 106.1.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
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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
