Rogie Upper 16

Date Fieldwork Started: 19/11/2017

Compiled by: NOSAS

Location Notes: The panel is located on the upper part of a gentle SSW facing slope, in a rough grass clearing in coniferous forest. The surrounding trees are 6-8m tall and obscure what would have been extensive views across the valley of the Black Water to the S. The panel lies roughly 60m S of the railway line and approximately 60m NE of a track which continues NW to the railway line. The clearing also contains the ruins of a possible dun, which consists of a raised circular bank containing large stones and of 12m internal diameter. The dun is elevated on a low hillock within the clearing. The panel lies 7m from the edge of the bank. The Rogie Upper panel 17 lies 35m to the ESE and the Rogie Upper panel 73 about 80m NE. Neither are visible through the trees.

Panel Notes: This is an irregular, roughly oval rock with a narrower, pointed extension on its E edge. The rock measures 2.4m in length by 1.85m in width, with its longer axis running N/S. It is low lying with a maximum height of 0.6m. It has a smooth surface with a number of shallow natural hollows and it slopes gently to the SSW. Two shallow natural fissures run at right angles to each other, approximately N/S and E/W across the panel, forming a N and E boundary to the group of cups. A deep natural fissure runs roughly N/S at the E edge of the panel, separating it from the pointed extension. There are 8 cups near the top of the higher W surface of the panel, one large and 7 small. A number of shallow hollows on the panel were thought to be natural but might possibly be cups.