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CUMMINGSTON 1 Canmore ID 16211 SCRAP ID 567 Location OS NJ 13000 69000 Team Not in team Grid Ref: Existing CUP AND RING MARKED STONE PREHISTORIC Classifications Date Fieldwork Started 02/03/2020 Date Fieldwork Completed New Panel? No Section A. CORE INFORMATION A1. Identifiers Panel Name CUMMINGSTON Number 1 Other names The Colloch HER/SMR NJ16NW0008 SM Number Other Classifications And Periods Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Stone Period 1 Period Unknown County MORAYSHIRE A2. Grid Reference(original find site) OS NGR NJ 13000 69000 New OS NGR Lat/Long 57.70235 -3.46144 Obtained By: A3. Current Location & Provenance Located Moved from original location In museum Surface find Museum/Collection National Museums of Scotland Collection Centre Accession no. X.IA 36 Section B. CONTEXT B1. Landscape Context Weather Position in landscape Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.) B2. Current land use & vegetation No selection B3. Forestry No selection B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel No selection B5. Location Notes No notes added Previous Notes NJ16NW 9 c. 13 69 Two water-rolled fragments of sandstone bearing cup and ringmarks, were found, in 1931, two yards apart, by the donor, at low-water mark on the beach at Cunningston, or the Colloch, between Burghead and Hopeman. One measuring 7 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 3", showing on one face a very small cup-mark 1/4" in diameter surround- ed by three concentric rings, narrowly cut, and what looks like part of a fourth at one edge. The second, imperfect, measures 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" x 2 1/2", showing the segment of a small cup-mark surrounded by three concentric circles. Donated to National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by Alexander Geddie, Fochabers (Accession no. IA 36-7). Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1933. No further information was found during field investigation. Visited by OS (W D J), 16 September 1963. 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) 0.2 Width 0.2 Height (max) 0.1 Height (min) 0.1 Approximate slope of carved surface degrees degrees Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW) Rock Surface Carved Surface Carved Surface C3. Rock Surface Surface Grain Visible Not Rock Friable Medium Sandstone Compactness Size Anomalies Visible Type C4. Surface Features Smooth Surface C5. Panel Notes This is a rectangular fragment of sandstone measuring about 0.2 x 0.2m and 7cm thick, with rounded edges except along the broken edge across the width of the panel. It was found in the 1930s on a beach at Cummingston or Colloch between Burghead and Hopeman in Morayshire, along with a second similar panel (Cummingston 2), which is recorded under the same Canmore ID. These two panels may have come from the same context, although the carving techniques differ. The panel has a cup, formed from a large peck mark, surrounded by one full ring and the truncated remains of two further rings, and an outer groove or part of a fourth ring. The grooves are narrow and irregular, and irregularly spaced. The nature of the carving and the context in which it was found mean that there is some doubt over whether it is prehistoric or more recent. C6. Probability The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite Comments No comments added C7. MOTIFS Visible Tool Marks? No Visible Peck Marks? No Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK D1. Access No selection D2. Awareness No selection There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No D3. Risk Natural No selection Animal Human No selection Comments and other potential threats In museum collection.