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Cloanlawers 1
Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Cloanlawers 1
Classification Cup And Ring Marked Rock (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Allt Coire Phadairlidh; Feadan
Canmore ID 238569
Site Number NN64SE 31
NGR NN 69039 42729
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238569
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kenmore (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN64SE 31 69039 42729
This cup-and-ring marked outcrop lies in open moorland above Cloanlawers and to the W of the Allt Coire Phadairlidh. The exposed surface measures 3m by 2.9m and is divided in two by a deep grass-grown fissure, which crosses it from NE to SW. The most impressive carvings are to the NW of the fissure; they comprise a cup with seven rings and a gutter, two cups with single rings and three plain cups. The seven-ring carving measures 600mm in overall diameter, the gutter runs SE from the cup to the sixth ring, and one of the single-ring carvings abuts the NE edge of the seventh (outermost) ring. To the SE of the fissure there are another four plain cups.
(BL00 1995)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 28 November 2000
A Hale 2003
Note (7 October 2019)
Date Fieldwork Started: 07/10/2019
Compiled by: ScRAP
Location Notes: The panel is situated in an open landscape of rough grazing on the SE facing hillside above Loch Tay, about 300m asl. There are clear views to the S across Loch Tay and to the E towards Drummond Hill and Strath Tay beyond. The edge of Boreland forest lies about 200m to the E, across a gully and burn. A triangular upright stone standing on a small moraine hillock about 70m to the E is the most conspicuous feature in the immediate surroundings, although there are numerous outcrops and erratic boulders scattered across the hillside. There are at least 20 other carved rocks within about 500m of the panel. The closest are Cloanlawers 2 (ScRAP 2631, Canmore 290143), about 25m to the E, and Cloanlawers 6 (ScRAP 686, Canmore 238568), about 50m to the S. Cloanlawers 1, 2, and 6 are the most complex panels in this cluster, and all three were excavated along with Cloanlawers 3 (ScRAP 1310, Canmore 290144) by Bradley et al in 2007-2010 (seehttps://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/psas/contents.cfm?vol=142&CFID=9a76645e-3b2b-494d-8377-cdd321d6680f&CFTOKEN=0).
Panel Notes: This is a large schist outcrop measuring 3.0 x 2.9m jutting out from the hillside to a maximum height of 1.1m on its lower SE edge, and flush with the ground on its upper NW edge. The surface is undulating with two wide fissures running E-W across it. The S-most fissure forms a natural hollow in its centre, and the N-most fissure has bands of quartz within it. The area between them is a distinctive orangey colour, and forms a flat surface sloping gently to the E. This area is carved with a large cup and ring motif with 7 rings, the outer two of which intersect with the fissures on either side. The motif has a radial extending from the cup to the SSW, and a cup with single ring intersecting the outer ring of the large motif. A wide natural groove runs from the multi-ringed motif down the shoulder of the rock to the W. On this surface there is also 1 cup with a single ring, and at least 5 further cups. To the S, on the larger section of the rock, there are at least 5 cups on the upper surface and 3 on the lower, sloping surface.
