BALNUARIN OF CLAVA CENTRE ORTHOSTAT
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| Canmore ID |
14277 |
SCRAP ID |
3198 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75728 44420
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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 ORTHOSTAT |
Number |
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| Other names |
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| HER/SMR |
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SM Number |
90074 |
Other |
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Classifications And Periods
| Classification 1 |
Cup Marked Stone |
Period 1 |
Neol/bronze Age |
| Classification 2 |
Ring 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 |
75728 |
44420 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47295 |
-4.07383 |
| 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 |
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.) |
0 |
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 one of a ring of orthostats around the central ring cairn (Balnuaran of Clava Centre) and about 15m SE of its 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) |
1.8 |
Width |
1.6 |
| Height (max) |
0.8 |
Height (min) |
0 |
Approximate slope of carved surface
Orientation (Aspect e.g. NW)
| Rock Surface |
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Carved Surface |
WNW |
Carved Surface |
ESE |
C3. Rock Surface
| Surface Compactness |
Hard
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Grain Size |
Coarse
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Visible Anomalies |
Quartz Veins
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Rock Type |
Gneiss
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C4. Surface Features
C5. Panel Notes
This standing stone is one of a ring of stones surrounding the central cairn at Clava. It is a pointed slab of gneiss, 1.8m high x 1.6m wide x 0.8m thick. The outer face has a single distinct cup and 3 much fainter possible ones. The inner face (towards the cairn) has one probable cup. Richard Bradley (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) records a single cup mark on each face.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
1 definite cup and 3 possibles on ESE face, 1 probable cup on WNW face
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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2
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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
- Large areas of the rock are covered in lichen, moss or algae.
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 come to this site, but this stone appears to get little attention.
