Rock Art Database

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Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Classifications And Periods

County

FIFE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

B2. Current land use & vegetation

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B3. Forestry

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B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

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B5. Location Notes

Following discussion with Dr Alison Sheridan, National Museums of Scotland, we consider the cup shaped depressions on the stone to be natural features. The illustrated report of the stone by Dr Sheridan is attached to this record.

Previous Notes

NO51NW 16 51290 16723 (NO 5129 1671) Dean's Court (NAT) OS 25" map (1914) This house, formerly known as the 'Archdeacon's Inns or Manse' stands at the southeastcorner of North Street opposite the western end of the Cathedral. It is a three-storied building of the late 16th century with a vaulted ground floor and is L-shaped on plan. The main block has been extended westwards in the same century or shortly after its close. The re-entrant angle opens to a courtyard and an archway in the wall which bears the arms of George Douglas, may be 16th century, but is more probably of the 17th century. Within the courtyard is a draw-well. RCAHMS 1933 Extensive internal reconstruction in 1950-1 involved rebuilding of the stairtowers and main doorway and the raising of the roof of the north wing by one storey. Cup-marked 'mounting block' at Dean's Court Measures 182 x 83 cms. ? Fallen orthostat or cist cover. Information from D C Baird MS notes, 15 January 1952 This is a large and completely restored building in use as a private residence. Well and cup marked mounting block are within the courtyard. Visited by OS (JLD) 17 October 1956 Dean's Court is as described by OS (JLD). The cup marked mounting block measures 1.7m x 0.8m x 0.2m and is covered with small cups; no rings were noted. The draw-well appears to have been restored. The cup- marked stone is at NO 5128 1669, the well is 7.0m East of it. Well and cup marked stone surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 May 1964 NO 5130 1671 A short programme of recording concentrated on the panelled first-floor chamber within the core element of the Dean's Court complex. The structure is thought to date to the early years of the 16th century and is recorded as having been renovated in 1951. Exposed floor joists were recorded and the sequence of construction identified. The earliest surviving timbers appear to date from the original construction of this part of the Dean's Court complex. A recorded hearth site is contemporary with the earliest floor joist series. The present plaster ceiling in the ground-floor chamber below dates to the later 19th/early 20th century and appears to be part of the same programme as the re-panelling of the two principal rooms, which in turn saw some recycling of (?original) panelling. This new ceiling was supported in part by the original joists. Thereafter, the history of the floor is one of repair and consolidation, commencing with the additional series of joists and strutting, as part of an attempt to support the clearly sagging floor. This all occurred before the addition of electrical services, the earliest evidence for which used fittings of pre-WW2 type. Sponsor: University of St Andrews. G Ewart 2000

NO51NW 16 51290 16723 ARCHITECT: Reginald Fairlie, 1933, Gate to Deans Court.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

C3. Rock Surface

C4. Surface Features

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C5. Panel Notes

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C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is not mentioned

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

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D2. Awareness

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There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural

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Animal

Human

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Comments and other potential threats

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