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| Canmore ID |
14261 |
SCRAP ID |
599 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75654 44350
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
PREHISTORIC |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
08/11/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA GARDEN WALL |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
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Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup And Ring Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
75650 |
44350 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
75654 |
44350 |
| Lat/Long |
57.4723 |
-4.07503 |
| 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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| other |
Built into inside of garden wall on NE side of gate |
| Accession no. |
Not given |
B1. Landscape Context
| Weather |
Sunny
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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 stone is built into the inside of the garden wall on the NE side of the gate, with its carved surface facing towards the house. The garden lies between the house and a small road.
Previous Notes
NH74SE 13 7565 4435.
A cupmarked stone, measuring 22 x 17 ins, which, in 1881, was built into the upper right side of the chimney recess at Balanfhuarain or Welltown, was, by 1893, built into the garden wall at the front of the house. It is only a part of a larger stone and has been squared by the mason. There are thirteen cups on the stone.
W Jolly 1882; G Bain 1893.
NH 7565 4435. This stone was located in the garden wall at Balnuarin facing towards the farmhouse.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1962.
C1. Panel Type
| In a structure |
Other context |
Built into inside of garden wall on NE side of gate |
C2. Panel Dimensions, Slope & Orientation
Dimensions of panel (m to one decimal place)
| Length (longer axis) |
0.6 |
Width |
0.4 |
| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
NW |
Carved Surface |
NW |
Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Fine
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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
The panel is a trimmed rectangular shape, measuring 0.57 x 0.42m, and is currently placed vertically in the garden wall, surrounded by dressed stone blocks. The motifs are close together, covering the surface. They comprise 9 large cups, one of which was truncated when the stone was shaped to fit in the setting, 4 large cups with single rings visible in the photogrammetry model, and a short groove (probably natural) along the upper edge of the panel.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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9
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Cup and Rings
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4
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Panel is on Private land.
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.
Comments and other potential threats
In private garden
