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| Canmore ID |
76400 |
SCRAP ID |
2774 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NR 85735 90521
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED ROCK |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
31/03/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
ACHNABRECK |
Number |
4 |
| 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 |
Natural Feature |
Period 1 |
Period Unassigned |
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NR |
85700 |
90600 |
| New OS NGR |
NR |
85735 |
90521 |
| Lat/Long |
56.05941 |
-5.44304 |
| 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.) |
Undulating |
| 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
Kilmartin Community Team: After a thorough search in the area around the Canmore grid reference, a panel was identified at NR 85735 90521, close to the old settlement of Achnabreac. It comprises a stone with two faces perpendicular to one another, adjacent to gap between old buildings. Situated in a very prominent position with views down Lochgilphead and across to Knapdale. The location roughly agrees with 1989 recording within a 100m radius. The markings are natural features
Kilmartin Field School 2019: Achnabreck 4 is situated within dense, mixed forestry approximately 20m S of Achnabreck 3, according to the Canmore record. This previous survey was carried out in 1984 and, since that time, the forestry has become dense and overgrown with fallen trees, bracken, turf and moss covering the surrounding area. We looked for the panel using the grid references and description in the existing Canmore record, but encountered thick forestry, and the non-specific coordinates (accurate to within a 100m radius) meant we were unable to locate the panel. Photographs of our encounter with area are attached. Naddir's description is of a panel with 14 cup marks, relatively large in size. The difference in number and contrast to the peck-like form encountered here, makes it seem likely that the panel identified by the Kilmartin Community Team, shown in the location sketch and panel sketch, is natural.
Previous Notes
NR89SE 27 857 906
See also:
NR89SE 2 Centred NR 85570 90690 Cup- and ring-marked rocks
NR89SE 13 NR 85537 90197 Standing Stone
NR89SE 19 NR 85664 90564 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 20 NR 85720 90655 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 28 NR 860 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 29 NR 862 904 Cup-marked rock
NR89SE 30 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 31 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 32 NR 864 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 56 NR 85566 90814 Cup- and ring-marked rock
Situated some 20-30yds S of the plantation which contains Achnabreck 2 (NR89SE 20) and near the edge of a rock outcrop that flanks an old farm track leading to ruined outhouses are 14 cups, largest 8cm in diameter by 5cm deep.
K Naddair, F Brown, J Tindal and L Lees 1989; NMRS, MS/316.
C1. Panel Type
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
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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 |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Schist
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
No notes added
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
Further exploration and photography/modelling would be useful to determine whether these are actually natural rather than cup marks.
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
D2. Awareness
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added
