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| Canmore ID |
14279 |
SCRAP ID |
3202 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75680 44386
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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 |
11/06/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW CENTRE |
Number |
2 |
| Other names |
Stone B on illus 50 p 45 in The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000. |
| 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 |
Chambered Cairn |
Period 2 |
Bronze Age |
| Classification 3 |
Stone Circle |
Period 3 |
Bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
75680 |
44386 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47263 |
-4.07462 |
| 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
B5. Location Notes
This panel is part of the complex of monuments at Clava ('Clava cairns'), well known and much frequented by visitors. There is a car park and interpretation. 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. On entering the chamber of the SW cairn, the first inner kerb stone on the left is ScRAP 3120 (Stone A) and this is the fourth stone (Stone B).
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) |
0.9 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Not Visible
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
There is one possible cup on the exposed part of the panel. In addition it is recorded as having a single cup below the current ground surface, as shown on stone B on illus 50 p 45 in The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000. The panel has been carved with graffiti, including initials JL and others.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
There is one possible cupmark on the exposed part of the panel. Excavation would be necessary to reveal the location of the recorded cupmark.
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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1
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Other carvings and motifs
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- 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
- There is graffiti (paintings and/or carving) on or near the rock.
- The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats
Letters (initials?) have been carved into the panel
