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| Canmore ID |
14277 |
SCRAP ID |
3197 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75712 44430
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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 CENTRE CENTRE |
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 |
County
INVERNESS-SHIRE
A2. Grid Reference(original find site)
| OS NGR |
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| New OS NGR |
NH |
75712 |
44430 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47304 |
-4.07411 |
| 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 |
Sun and light shower
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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
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 an inner kerbstone in the wall of the chamber of the central ring cairn, SW of the centre.
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) |
1.1 |
Width |
0.8 |
| 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 |
NE |
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 |
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 inner kerbstones of the central chamber of the central cairn at Clava. It is recorded (The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000 illus 14 p20) as having a single cup. No sketch is provided, and it is possible that any cup is below the present ground level. On physical examination none was visible, but the surface of the stone shows signs of having been worked. Photogrammetry reveals several possible cups, none very convincing.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Possible
Comments
There are indentations in the rock surface which appear to have been worked.
C7. MOTIFS
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
There are stories or folk traditions associated with this panel No
D3. Risk
Natural
Animal
Human
- The rock is in an area with visitor facilities.
Comments and other potential threats
Although this is a busy site with many visitors this particular panel attracts little if any attention.
