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 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 Dun Standing Stone

B5. Location Notes

Positioned at the lowest point of 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 (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