NETHER LARGIE STANDING STONE 3
Canmore ID 39471 SCRAP ID 3106 Location OS Grid Ref: NR 82820 97570 Team Not in team Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 13/11/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed 13/11/2019 New Panel? Yes
Section A. CORE INFORMATION
A1. Identifiers
Panel Name NETHER LARGIE STANDING STONE Number 3 Other names HER/SMR SM Number 218 Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age Classification 2 Standing Stone Period 2 Neol/bronze Age Classification 3 Stone Row Period 3 Neol/bronze Age
County
ARGYLL
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
OS NGR New OS NGR NR 82820 97570 Lat/Long 56.12131 -5.49549 Obtained By: GPS A3. Current Location & Provenance
Located Moved from original location Re-used in structure
other Standing Stone Alignment Accession no. Not given Section B. CONTEXT
B1. Landscape Context
Weather Sunny Position in landscape Bottom of hill Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Flat Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)
B2. Current land use & vegetation
Improved Pasture Conservation
B3. Forestry
No selection
B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel
Other rock art Burial Mound/Cairn Stone Circle Dun Standing Stone
B5. Location Notes
Positioned at the lowest point of Kilmartin Glen in flat fields approximately 80m to the NW of the Kilmartin burn and 250m to the SE of Temple Wood stone circles (Canmore 39504, 39517) is a monument comprising multiple standing stones (Canmore ID: 39471). The linear monument runs SW to NE and can be found in a field on the W side of the B8025 road just before it meets the A816 to the NE of the site. 500m to the SW is Ri Cruin cairn (Canmore 39456); 250m to the WNW are the stone circles at Temple Wood (Canmore 39504) and 300m to the N is Nether Largie South chambered cairn (Canmore 39460). A public footpath path runs from a small foot bridge across the Kilmartin burn in the east, through the middle of the linear monument directly passing the central standing stone, before continuing west towards the Temple Wood stone circles (Canmore 39504). At the time of survey the field was in use for sheep grazing and the vegetation was low around the monument. Three of the standing stones in the Nether Largie alignment have been decorated with cup and cup and ring motifs, including the central stone, the NW stone and standing stone 3. Standing Stone 3 is the southern-most of the stones in this monument. Section C. PANEL
C1. Panel Type
In a structure Standing stone monument Two standing stones
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 2.8 Width 0.8 Height (max) 0.5 Height (min) 0.4
Approximate slope of carved surface
100 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface N Carved Surface N Carved Surface
C3. Rock Surface
Surface Grain Visible Not Rock Hard Medium Schist Compactness Size Anomalies Visible Type
C4. Surface Features
Fissures/cracks Natural Hollows
C5. Panel Notes
Standing stone 3 is a tall, roughly rectangular schist stone with a wider top section and pointed tip, measuring about 2.8m in height and a maximum of 1.1m in width at its thickest part. The stone is vertical but has shifted to lean slightly towards the N. The N face of the stone has been carved with a line of 3 possible cupmarks, one of which is more oval than circular.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Possible Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK
D1. Access
Right to Roam access. Access is managed by a national organisation. There is and interpretation on site.
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
There are sheep near the rock.
Human
The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk. The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats
No comments added