Rock Art Database

DRUIM MOR GARDEN 2

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Canmore ID 368484 SCRAP ID 3206
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 58407 66104 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 01/04/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name DRUIM MOR GARDEN Number 2
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
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
New OS NGR NH 58407 66104
Lat/Long 57.66248 -4.37504
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Moved from original location
  • Re-located
  • Surface find
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
Position in landscape Hillside
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Flat
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) S

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Urban/Garden

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

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

  • Other rock art

B5. Location Notes

The panel lies to the S of Drumore farm buildings, to the E of the garden gate and just within (about 3m) the garden. The large stone is free standing and sits on the concrete drive beside the flower bed (gunnera and ivy) S of the stone wall enclosing the garden. It was moved to its present position from approximately NH 58293 66152 by the farmer a number of years ago. There is another large panel inside the garden and more examples around the farm. The present location is flat, but overall the surrounding ground is on a S facing slope. The panel has been recorded previously and a report lodged with Highland Council under the HER number MHG 14145.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In the landscape Boulder/Slab

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1 Width 0.7
Height (max) 0.3 Height (min) 0.2
Approximate slope of carved surface
degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Medium Visible Anomalies Not Visible
Rock Type Schist

C4. Surface Features

  • Fissures/cracks
  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a large, quadrilateral schist boulder measuring 1.0x0.7m and 0.3m high. There are 10 cups arranged across the top of the boulder in roughly parallels 3 rows aligned NNW-SSE. The NE-most cup has a slight partial ring, and the 3D model shows that both the NE-most cups appear to have rings.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

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C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
8
Cup and Rings
cup_and_ring_1
2

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Panel is on Private land.

D2. Awareness

  • Panel was known before the project.
  • This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
Comments and other potential threats

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