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| Canmore ID |
14279 |
SCRAP ID |
3204 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75691 44385
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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 |
08/11/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW HIDDEN |
Number |
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| Other names |
OS shows BALNUARIN but Canmore shows spelling of this site as BALNUARAN except for the panel in the garden wall |
| 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 |
75691 |
44385 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47263 |
-4.07443 |
| 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
- 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. During his work at Clava, Richard Bradley identified a number of 'hidden' cup markings in the NE wall of the chamber of the SW cairn. They are shown in 'The Good Stones' Illus 28 p30, and are 'hidden' in the sense that they cannot easily be seen but can be felt in the gaps between the stones of the chamber wall.
The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000.
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) |
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Width |
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| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
SW |
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
- Fissures/cracks
- Rough surface
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
The panel comprises three stones built into the inner wall of the chamber. Cup marks were identified as follows: Hidden 1, a flat slab of sandstone 1.0m x 0.2m thick with 3 cups on its upper face; Hidden 2, a flat slab of sandstone 1.0m x 0.25m thick with 1 cup on its upper face; and Hidden 3, a kerbstone 0.9m x 0.9m high with 1 cup on its top edge. All are medium grained sandstone.
Note that Bradley also identified 2 cups on a further stone which was not located. Again, refer to illus 28 p30 of The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000.
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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5
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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
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
Visitors come by the coachload to this extremely popular site and wander all over it. The cups especially H1 and H2 are in friable sandstone and show wear from visitors feeling them.
