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02/03/2020, Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP)
Event ID 1132703
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1132703
Date fieldwork completed: 02/03/2020
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location notes: National Museum of Scotland Collection, X.EO.1147
Panel notes: This carved stone was found during the excavation of the Dalladies long barrow (Canmore ID 35955) in 1975. The block was broken upon arrival at the museum and then pieced together, which why much of the filling used in this process is still visible today. The sandstone rock is quite flat, but there are three different levels resulting from breakage. Only two of these were carved. The main surface of the block, or the one that has been carved more extensively, displays nine well defined cupmarks, with diameters varying between 4 and 7.5cm, alongside random pecking. In the middle section of the rock, where the stone was flaked, there is a truncated and quite damaged area that could have been carved with a possible cupmark. The reverse side of the block features random peckmarks that seemingly sketch out a possible motif that was never fully carved. There may be one linear groove on this rock face. Overall the pecking and the motifs display good evidence of tool marks. Some areas in both sides of the block have exfoliated. Currently in the National Museum of Scotland's Collection Centre, Edinburgh
