View PDF
| Canmore ID |
370671 |
SCRAP ID |
3403 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NN 77301 43632
|
Team |
Not in team
|
|
Existing Classifications
|
None.
|
| Date Fieldwork Started |
29/09/2020 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
|
| New Panel? |
Yes |
|
A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALMACNAUGHTON |
Number |
5 |
| Other names |
|
| HER/SMR |
|
SM Number |
|
Other |
|
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 |
|
|
|
| New OS NGR |
NN |
77301 |
43632 |
| Lat/Long |
56.56855 |
-3.99846 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
|
A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
|
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
|
| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Sloping |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
W |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
- Other rock art
- Field System
- Burial Mound/Cairn
- Stone Circle
- Hut circle(s)
B5. Location Notes
The panel is located in rough grazing on the NW sloping edge of a rocky knoll on the W facing hillside above Balmacnaughton Farm, overlooking Loch Tay with the Ben Lawers and Glen Lyon hills and Schehallion visible to the W and N. The bedrock on top of the knoll is extensively carved, with five additional exposed areas of rock (Balmacnaughton 1-4 and 6) within 14m of this panel featuring cups, cups and rings and other motifs, all previously grouped together under Canmore 25013, ScRAP 1671. The N-S running stone wall and deer fence to mature pine woodland lies 6m to the NE of the panel. On the slopes below and to the W of the panel there are the remains of numerous stone dykes, field clearance cairns, and structures. The area has been extensively quarried and re-located in structures. The rock to the S noted by Naddir in 1992 is not an additional panel but part of the six sections of outcrop mentioned the existing Canmore description, and recorded by ScRAP as Balmacnaughton 1-6.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.5 |
Width |
1.4 |
| Height (max) |
0 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
SW |
Carved Surface |
SW |
Carved Surface |
|
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
|
Grain Size |
Coarse
|
Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
|
Rock Type |
Metamorphosed gabbro
|
C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This is an exposed area of metamorphosed gabbro measuring 1.53 x 1.46m, extending and sloping slightly towards W and NW. Flush with the ground, it is only visible when observed at a close distance, and it is partially covered with vegetation. The rock is quite hard, with coarse grain and a rough texture cut by fissures. The carvings are weathered which, in addition to the nature of the rocks, makes them very difficult to see. On the southern part of the rock surface is a cupmark with a possible ring. Another 6 cupmarks are carved on the NW part of the panel, making a semi-circle. One of the cupmarks is deeper than the others and has a long radial which has another cupmark carved on top of it. There is a possible cupmark on the NE quadrant of the rock surface. All carvings are quite shallow and tool marks are not obvious.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
|
|
|
9
|
1
|
Cup and Rings
|
|
1
|
Groove
|
|
1
|
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Panel is on Private land.
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
- There are cattle near the rock.
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
