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| Canmore ID |
11794 |
SCRAP ID |
2747 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NG 84992 16321
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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 |
29/05/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALVRAID |
Number |
2 |
| 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 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NG |
84960 |
16350 |
| New OS NGR |
NG |
84992 |
16321 |
| Lat/Long |
57.18712 |
-5.5597 |
| Obtained By: |
GPS
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
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| Position in landscape |
Hillside |
| 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
B5. Location Notes
This boulder lies in rough grazing in flat terrain on the S edge of the farm track leading to Dun Crugaig, about 40m E of the field gate and 100m E of Balvraid Croft. The land S of the panel falls away steeply to the burn, which is situated roughly 40m to the S. There is a wide earth and stone bank running N-S along the field edge to the W, with some large stones on top of it that may have been cleared from the field.
This panel is the second cupmarked stone mentioned in the Canmore record (Canmore 11794). The first panel, reported as being covered in cupmarks, could not be located despite an extensive search in the area, and may have been removed or covered since the last record in 1966.
Previous Notes
NG81NW 3 8496 1635.
(NG 8496 1635) Cup Marked Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
A prostrate stone, over 6' long, is covered with cup-markings. Still in 'mint' condition.
J R Allen 1882; J Y Simpson 1868; Information in letter from J Gaylard to OS 5 January 1956.
Generally as described; cup marks are faint.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 October 1966.
There is a similar flat stone bearing two cup marks c. 20.0m E of the other, on the S side of the track.
Visited by OS (A A) 27 June 1974.
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) |
2.2 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
0.3 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Friable
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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
Other: ridges
C5. Panel Notes
This rectangular stone measures about 2.2x0.9m and is 0.4m thick. Its flat upper surface has a series of parallel longitudinal ridges running N-S along its long axis. There is some evidence of quarrying or damage along its N edge. There is 1 possible cupmark on the upper surface, although this is asymmetric and may well be a natural feature, and at least 2 shallow natural depressions.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
and 2 sub-circular shallow natural depressions
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
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
Animal
- There are sheep near the rock.
- There are cattle 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
