BALNUARIN OF CLAVA CENTRE KERB 3
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| Canmore ID |
14277 |
SCRAP ID |
3090 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75712 44427
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
BRONZE AGE |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
04/07/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA CENTRE KERB |
Number |
3 |
| Other names |
formerly Balnuaran of Clava |
| HER/SMR |
MHG4366
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SM Number |
SM90074 |
Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Ring Cairn |
Period 2 |
Bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
NH |
75680 |
44420 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
75712 |
44427 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47301 |
-4.0741 |
| 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.) |
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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. This is one of the kerbstones of the central cairn. It stands to the SE of the centre of the cairn, and in a clockwise direction is the last before a gap in the stones present today.
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) |
0 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
SE |
Carved Surface |
SE |
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 |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Rough surface
C5. Panel Notes
This panel is a rounded boulder of gneiss, set upright and about 0.9m high x 0.9m broad x 0.5 m thick. The carved surface faces to the SE towards the cup marked gneiss orthostat associated with this cairn. The single cup is shallow but smooth and distinct in the relatively rough surface of the rock.
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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1
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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.
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
Many visitors to the site, but very little threat to this particular panel.
