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BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW CENTRE 1

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Canmore ID 14279 SCRAP ID 3120
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 75691 44380 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 08/11/2018 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW CENTRE Number 1
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup And Ring Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
Classification 2 Chambered Cairn Period 2 Neol/bronze Age
Classification 3 Stone Circle Period 3 Neol/bronze Age
County
No County recorded

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 75691 44380
Lat/Long 57.47266 -4.07446
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

Located
  • Moved from original location
  • Re-used in structure
Accession no. Not given

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Sunny
Position in landscape Bottom of hill
Topography(terrain within about 500m of panel.) Flat
Aspect of slope (if on sloping terrain e.g. S, SE etc.)

B2. Current land use & vegetation

  • Conservation

B3. Forestry

  • No selection

B4. Archaeological Features within 200m / or visible from the panel

  • Other rock art
  • Burial Mound/Cairn
  • Stone Circle

B5. Location Notes

The panel is part of the complex of monuments at Clava ('Clava cairns'), well known and much frequented by visitors. It is located on a level river terrace to the SE of the river Nairn, in the flat bottom of the SW to NE valley. There is a car park and interpretation. The panel itself is a substantial stone forming part of the inner chamber of the SW cairn (Canmore 14279 Balnuaran-of-clava-south-west), immediately to the N side of the entrance to the chamber. It is possible that the stone was moved into this position when the monument was constructed.

Section C. PANEL

C1. Panel Type

In a structure Burial monument

C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation

Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
Length (longer axis) 1.1 Width 0.9
Height (max) 0.4 Height (min)
Approximate slope of carved surface
90 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface NE Carved Surface NE Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Fine Visible Anomalies Not Visible
 Rock Type Sandstone

C4. Surface Features

  • Bedding Planes

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a flat slab of sandstone, approximately rectangular, set upright and about 0.9m wide by 1.1m high. There are 8 distinct cups, at least 2 of which have faint rings. 2 cups are joined by a narrow groove which extends beyond one of them. In addition, there are 2 rather less distinct cups.

C6. Probability

The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is Definite

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1 cupmark_5
6 2
Cup and Rings
cup_and_ring_1 cup_and_ring_3
1 1

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. Access

  • Right to Roam access.
  • Access is managed by a national organisation.
  • There is and interpretation on site.

D2. Awareness

  • Panel was known before the project.
  • This panel is known to others in the local community.
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No

D3. Risk

Natural
  • No selection
Animal
Human
  • The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats

Large numbers of visitors come to this site, and when in the chamber stand next to the panel. The cups show signs of wear from visitors feeling them.