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Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP)
Date 2 August 2018
Event ID 1118412
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1118412
Date Fieldwork Started: 02/08/2018
Compiled by: Parallel Grooves
Location Notes: Glasvaar 7 is located on a small hillock which runs NE-SW in an area of undulating terrain approximately 1km NW of Glasvaar farmhouse. Limited views of hilltops can be seen to the W and a wider view of the opposite side of the valley is seen to the SE. The panel is located 10m to the W of the farm track, and approximately 15 m S of a junction between a post-and-wire fence and a stone field wall, close to a gate opening onto a track through the nearby forestry plantation. A group of 3 large deciduous trees are located approximately 50 m to the SW of the panel, in an area where there are the low turf-covered remains of several structures including a possible corn-drying kiln. Glasvaar 8 and 9 are located approximately 60 m S of Glasvaar 7, to the E of the farm track and stone wall.
Panel Notes: Glasvaar 7 is a large (5.4 x 2.3 m) outcropping ridge of rock in two sections: a rounded upper ridge and a lower platform adjacent to its SE. The entire panel measures 5.4 m by 2.3 m, with a maximum height of 1.4 m above the surrounding land. The upper section is oriented to the NNE at an incline of 13 degrees, while the lower section faces WSW at an incline of 12 degrees. The lower section was obscured by vegetation. The rock is fine-grained and is friable in some areas, which may accelerate erosion to motifs. Natural visible features include quartz veins, coloured bands, fissures/cracks, natural hollows, weathering channels, bedding planes. A significant part of the panel is turf-covered, and the lower platform is entirely hidden by turf. Both sections are heavily decorated with complex motifs, and comprise at least 81 single cupmarks (2 of which may be ringed), nine cups with rings, one cup with a ring and radial groove, three dumbells, three sets of conjoined cups and rings, and a cartouche. The panel also bears a conglomeration of six cups surrounded by a complex groove, and a cup with one ring and 7 partial rings. The panel also bears a large, rounded basin in its upper section which may or may not be prehistoric. Rock type identified using online information from the British Geological Survey.
