BALNUARIN OF CLAVA SW KERB
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| Canmore ID |
14279 |
SCRAP ID |
3131 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75698 44381
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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 KERB |
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 Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Chambered Cairn |
Period 2 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 3 |
Stone Circle |
Period 3 |
Neol/bronze Age |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
75698 |
44381 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47259 |
-4.07431 |
| 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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| 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
- Standing Stone
B5. Location Notes
The panel is part of the complex of monuments at Clava ('Clava cairns'), well known and much frequented by visitors. 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. There is a car park and interpretation. The panel itself is one of the kerbstones on the E edge of the SW cairn (Canmore 14279 Balnuaran-of-clava-south-west).
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 |
0.5 |
| Height (max) |
0.2 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
E |
Carved Surface |
E |
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 flat slab of sandstone, approximately rectangular, set upright and about 0.9m long by 0.5m high. It forms part of the row of kerbstones which define the edge of the cairn. There are 4 distinct cups aligned on the S edge of the panel, and 2 others close by. There 2 cups and a roughly circular depression near the centre of the panel, and 2 more cups, slightly larger and deeper than the others, on the bottom edge.
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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10
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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.
- 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
The panel attracts the attention of some of the many visitors to the Clava Cairns and the earth at its base has been slightly excavated.
