BALNUARIN OF CLAVA CENTRE KERB 1
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| Canmore ID |
14277 |
SCRAP ID |
3097 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75725 44433
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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None.
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
11/08/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA CENTRE KERB |
Number |
1 |
| Other names |
OS shows BALNUARIN but Canmore shows spelling of this site as BALNUARAN except for the panel in the garden wall |
| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Ring Cairn |
Period 2 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 3 |
Stone Circle |
Period 3 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
75725 |
44433 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47307 |
-4.07388 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
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| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Cloudy
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| 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.) |
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B2. Current land use & vegetation
B3. Forestry
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'), which is well known and much frequented by visitors. There is both a car park and on site interpretation. The site is located on a level river terrace to the SE of the river Nairn, in the flat bottom of the SW to NE valley. This panel is one of the kerbstones of the central cairn: it can be found on the E edge and is immediately to the right of another carved panel, Clava Centre Kerb 2. Both panels are recorded as a part of the Balnuarn of Clava, Centre, ring cairn and stone circle (Canmore ID:14277).
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Burial monument |
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C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
1.1 |
Width |
0.6 |
| Height (max) |
1.1 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
Approximately 1.1m in height, this panel is a kerbstone which leans towards the centre of the Balnuarn Of Clava, Centre, ring cairn and stone circle monument (Canmore ID:14277). This panel is at the inner end of one of the 'rays' which lead out to a standing stone. The surface of the panel is smooth and the cupmarks are indistinct: there are possibly 8 motifs in total.
Richard Bradley (The Good Stones - A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2000. Illustration p45, stone G) shows 12 cups, of which 4 would be below the current ground surface.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
The cups are faint and are difficult to identify without good light and careful inspection.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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8
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
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
Animal
Human
- The rock is located on/nearby a path or place where people might walk.
- The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats
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