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| Canmore ID |
370677 |
SCRAP ID |
3385 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 79381 44771
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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 |
21/09/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BRAES OF TAYMOUTH |
Number |
1 |
| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup And Ring Marked Rock |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
PERTHSHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NN |
79381 |
44771 |
| Lat/Long |
56.57931 |
-3.96516 |
| 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.) |
Flat |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
N |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
- Moorland
- Bog/Marsh
- Rough Grazing
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located on the W side of a low grassy knoll adjacent to a marshy on a slight raised terrace on the NW facing slopes of Braes of Taymouth with clear views N and W to Loch Tay, the Ben Lawers range, Glen Lyon hills and Schehallion. It lies about 300m W of the woodland and 80m N of another cup and ring carved rock, Braes of Taymouth 2 (Canmore 25009, ScRAP 2102), which it was previously grouped within the Canmore record (Canmore 25009). The panel is heather covered and the carvings are not visible unless the heather is lifted.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.5 |
Width |
1.3 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NE |
Carved Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
NE |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Friable
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Other
Other: Mica
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Natural Hollows
C5. Panel Notes
This is a slightly domed schist outcrop with a height of 0.4m on its W face, which is vertical and may have been quarried, and sloping gently to the NE to ground level, The exposed area measures 1.5 x 1.3m and has several fine E-W running fissures. The motifs are weathered and some are only visible in the 3D model. On the upper, NE sloping surface there are 2 cups each with 2 partial or weathered rings. The rings on one of these motifs intersect with a fissure. The other motif may have a radial or gapped rings with conjoined ends. On this surface there is also 1 cup with 1 partial ring that intersects with a natural fissure, 1 cup with a partial ring or penannular, and a very eroded motif that may be a cup with 2 rings and a radial. On a sloping S facing surface on the S corner of the panel is a cup with 2 rings and possible partial third ring. The first ring intersects with a fissure.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
And an additional eroded motif that is possibly a cup with 2 partial rings and a radial
C7. MOTIFS
Cup and Rings
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1
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Partial Ring
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2
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2
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
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
- There are shrubs growing on the rock surface.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
