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BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW ORTHOSTAT

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Canmore ID 14279 SCRAP ID 3203
Location OS Grid Ref: NH 75675 44379 Team Not in team
Existing Classifications None.
Date Fieldwork Started 11/06/2019 Date Fieldwork Completed
New Panel? Yes  

Section A. CORE INFORMATION

A1. Identifiers

Panel Name BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW ORTHOSTAT Number
Other names
HER/SMR SM Number Other
Classifications And Periods
Classification 1 Cup Marked Stone Period 1 Neol/bronze Age
Classification 2 Stone Circle Period 2 Bronze Age
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE

A2. Grid Reference(original find site)

OS NGR
New OS NGR NH 75675 44379
Lat/Long 57.47257 -4.0747
Obtained By: Mobile Phone

A3. Current Location & Provenance

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

Section B. CONTEXT

B1. Landscape Context

Weather Cloudy
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

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. This panel is the westernmost of the orthostats forming part of the stone circle surrounding the SW cairn.

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) 2 Width 1.3
Height (max) 0.3 Height (min) 0.3
Approximate slope of carved surface
90 degrees degrees
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
Rock Surface Carved Surface E Carved Surface

C3. Rock Surface

Surface Compactness Hard Grain Size Coarse Visible Anomalies No selection Rock Type Sandstone

C4. Surface Features

  • Rough surface

C5. Panel Notes

The panel is a rectangular slab of rough reddish sandstone, set upright, 2.0m high x 1.3m broad X 0.3m thick. There is a single cup, centrally placed, on the face which faces inwards towards the cairn, and some sub-circular natural hollows higher up on the same face.

C6. Probability

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

Comments

No comments added

C7. MOTIFS

Cupmark
cupmark_1
1

Visible Tool Marks? No

Visible Peck Marks? No

Section D. ACCESS, AWARENESS & RISK

D1. 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 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

There are many visitors to this site.