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| Canmore ID |
10264 |
SCRAP ID |
2704 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NF 81635 60301
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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 |
02/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
NORTH UIST, CARINISH, TEAMPULL CLANN A' PHIOCAIR |
Number |
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| 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 Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Period Unknown |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NF |
81630 |
60310 |
| New OS NGR |
NF |
81635 |
60301 |
| Lat/Long |
57.52049 |
-7.31992 |
| 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 |
Top of hill |
| Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) |
Flat |
| 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
- Field System
- Settlement
- Dun
- Enclosure
Other: Teampull - Medieval centre of learning
B5. Location Notes
The panel is situated on the flat top of a small hillock in sheep-grazed grassland within the visitor-enabled area around Teampull Clann a'Phoicair. It is about 20m N of the N wall of the Teampull buildings, and 5m N of an enclosure wall. There are numerous traces of settlements structures and field systems in the surrounding area, as well as a possible dun roughly 40m to the SE. There are clear views to the N, E, and W.
Previous Notes
NF86SW 23 8163 6031.
(NF 8163 6031) About 20 yds north of Teampull Clann a' Phiocair at Carinish (NF86SW 24) there is a flat boulder with a pair of cupmarks, about 3ins in diameter by 1ins deep, on its upper surface.
E Beveridge 1911
No trace of the boulder was found during field perambulation.
Visited by OS (W D J) 1 June 1965.
Note: This is probably the stone located by M Harman (Oxford) in 1975.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.8 |
Width |
0.3 |
| Height (max) |
0 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
N |
Carved Surface |
N |
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 |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Bedding Planes
C5. Panel Notes
This small area of exposed gneiss bedrock measures 0.8x0.3m, and its flat surface is flush with ground. A fine fissure cuts across the N end of the panel and there are several eroding and exfoliating bedding planes. Of the 2 cupmarks mentioned in the Canmore record, the N-most one has a flat base, is irregular in shape and is a natural feature, while the S-most one is more symmetrical and hemispherical in profile and is possibly human-made, although it is not certain that it is Neolithic.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- There is and interpretation on site.
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
- Water will pool deeply on parts of the surface.
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
