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| Canmore ID |
14258 |
SCRAP ID |
2018 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75774 44484
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Team |
Not in team
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Existing Classifications
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| Classification |
Period |
| CUP MARKED STONE |
NEOL/BRONZE AGE |
| KERB CAIRN |
BRONZE AGE |
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| Date Fieldwork Started |
11/08/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
No |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA |
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 |
MHG3012
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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 |
75680 |
44420 |
| New OS NGR |
NH |
75774 |
44484 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47354 |
-4.0731 |
| Obtained By: |
Mobile Phone
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A3. Current Location & Provenance
| Located |
- At original location
- Re-used in structure
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| other |
Part of ring cairn |
| 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
The panel is part of the complex of monuments at Clava ('Clava cairns'), well known and much frequented by visitors. The site is located on a level river terrace to the SE of the river Nairn, in the flat bottom of the SW to NE valley. The panel is part of a small circle of stones, on its S edge, and separate from the three main cairns on the site. There is a car park and on site interpretation.
Previous Notes
NH74SE 10 7568 4442.
West of the three main cairns at Balnuranan of Clava (NH74SE 1, 3, 4) lies a small circle of contiguous recumbent stone, approximately 12 feet in internal diameter, with one of the stones on the ESE, bearing cup-and-ring and simple cup carvings. Excavation of the interior revealed what appears to have been a shallow grave for a now vanished inhumation, 5ft 6ins by 2ft 6ins. Over the filling of this near its western end was a scatter of white quartz pebbles. No artifacts were found beyond a scrap or two of pebble flint.
W Jolly 1882; S Piggott 1956.
NH 7568 4442 This circle is as described above.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1962.
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) |
1.4 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
0.4 |
Height (min) |
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Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
N |
Carved Surface |
0 |
Carved Surface |
N |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Medium
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Visible Anomalies |
Other
Other: Gritty bands
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Fissures/cracks
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
Roughly rectangular, 1.4m in length and 0.9m wide, this panel has two flat horizontal surfaces at different levels and is composed of a medium grained sandstone with smooth worn surfaces. The upper (SW) surface has a larger cup with a faint but clear ring, four clear cups near its edge, and one below them on the SE face. In addition, there are four worn cups in a row following the edge facing the lower surface. The lower surface (NE) has a row of five cups crossing the surface, and one other at the edge. In total there are 15 cupmarks and 1 cup-and-ring motif.
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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15
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Cup and Rings
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Access is managed by a national organisation.
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
It is worn. Visitors sometimes sit on the panel.
