Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP)
Date 24 June 2019
Event ID 1118503
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1118503
Date Fieldwork Started: 24/06/2019
Compiled by: ScRAP Team
Location Notes: The panel has been moved and reused within the structure of an Iron Age souterrain, known as Tealing Earthhouse which is a Property in Care. The panel forms part of the lowest row currently visible of the souterrain's N internal wall and lies approximately 1m W of the souterrain entrance. It is recorded under the same Canmore ID (33350) and HER reference (NO43NW0001) as Tealing 2 which is located approximately 5m to the S, also within the souterrain structure. As part of the souterrain, both panels are within the same scheduled monument designation (SM90299).
The souterrain lies in a flat area within a fenced enclosure lying within an area of arable land and pasture. The enclosure is located immediately to the W of a narrow strip of forestry running N-S over the line of Tealing burn, and beyond which lies Tealing village. It is reached by a path which is signposted from the road in the village and a path leads from Tealing Dovecot (Canmore 33373) through the woods and an open field, to the souterrain enclosure. The dovecot is approximately 60m to the SE.
There are open views across fields to the N and W with numerous houses visible to the N and NW.
Panel Notes: This is an irregular-shaped panel measuring 0.9 x 0.6m across its carved surfrace and lying within the wall of an Iron Age souterrain. It is not possible to meaures how far the panel extends into the wall because of its setting. The souterrain wall is approximately 1.1m in height at the location of the panel and the panel lies within its lowest course of the wall on its N side.
The panel surface is almost vertical, with its longest axis running W-E along the bottom of the wall. The is an area of fault running up and down the carved surface at a slope which is just off the vertical and which divides the panel surface into two sections, one lying to the W side and the other to the E. The upper edge of the panel describes a curved line with a dip in the middle, with the bottom of the dip marking the top of a fault running down the panel. The line of the panel's lower edge is obscured by being built into the ground.
The largest motif is found in the section of the panel to the W of the fissure running down the panel, and comprises a large (c.10cm) cupmark with three rings. The rings are largely complete, but partially disappear in a section of roughened rock to the NE of the cupmark. There is a further ring outside this which exists as two sections, one to the NW of the motif, where it follows the line of an expected fourth ring, and the other to the SE, where it deviates to a straight line running away from the motif. Also in the NW of this section, a further groove runs from outside this ring to the SW in a line, where it meets with a cupmark. There are three further cupmarks in the E section, and a further 6 single cupmarks in the section W of the fissure.
