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| Canmore ID |
371160 |
SCRAP ID |
2700 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 49225 59702
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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 |
21/11/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
ACHTERNEED WOOD |
Number |
1 |
| Other names |
Formerly recorded as BOTTACKS but more likely A Chlach Phollach (HER MHG7775) |
| 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 Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
ROSS AND CROMARTY
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
48760 |
60420 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
49225 |
59702 |
| Lat/Long |
57.60205 |
-4.52479 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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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.) |
Undulating |
| Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) |
S |
B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
B5. Location Notes
The panel is a very large erratic boulder on the steep S facing slope of Druim a'Chuilein, overlooking River Peffery and Knockfarrel on the other side of the valley. The boulder is within an area of mixed woodland, mainly beech trees, just above and N of farmland. To the N is the Kyle of Lochalsh to Dingwall railway, and there is an old quarry about 15m to the S. There is a modern game bird raising pen about 40m to the NNW of the boulder. Achterneed 2 cup marked stone lies about 35m to the NW. The panel is grouped in the Canmore record for 12488 with a second large cup-marked boulder known as Bottacks (the Fairy Stone). The Fairy Stone lies some distance away, and hence this panel has been renamed Achterneed. It is also likely to be the same stone as the one mentioned in the Highland HER record MHG7775, called A Clach Phollach.
C1. Panel Type
| In the landscape |
Boulder/Slab |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
3.3 |
Width |
1.8 |
| Height (max) |
0.6 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
S |
Carved Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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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 schist boulder measuring 3.30m N-S by 1.80m wide and 0.64m high with a slightly domed top. There are two deep fissures partly across the stone one running from the E side and the second running from the W side with a shallower fissure across the whole boulder at the S end. There are 13 motifs on the boulder in two groups. The S group has 5 cups; 2 of these are conjoined, 1 has a long curved groove, and 1 has been drilled in the past possibly with a view to blasting it when the quarry was in use. There are also a number of faint possible cupmarks. The N group has at least 7 cupmarks, 5 of which are claustered, and 1 cup with an eyebrow groove on its S side. There is also a truncated cupmark on the SE edge of the rock, possibly damaged by quarrying.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Partial Ring
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1
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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.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
