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| Canmore ID |
14257 |
SCRAP ID |
3199 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75763 44482
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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 NE CENTRE |
Number |
1 |
| 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 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 |
75763 |
44482 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47352 |
-4.07328 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- Moved from original location
- Re-used in structure
- Provenance unknown
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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.) |
0 |
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. It is located high up in the N wall of the chamber of the NE cairn.
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) |
0.6 |
Width |
0.1 |
| 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 |
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Carved Surface |
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C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Friable
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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
This panel is one of the stones which make up the wall of the chamber of the NE cairn. It is a slab of sandstone, visibly 0.6m x 0.15m thick, and of unknown depth into the wall. On its flat upper surface is one distinct cup and one other possible cup. The stones above this panel are loose and may not be in their original positions. One stone partly obscures the cup. The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000 illus 37 p37 shows a cup mark high up in this wall, but not in this location. This panel was discovered whilst searching for the reported cup which was not located.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
One definite cup and one possible
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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2
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
Animal
Human
- The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats
The panel is high up in the wall of the chamber. Above it are relatively smaller and looser stones. Possible risk of damage if visitors climb on the cairn.
