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| Canmore ID |
14257 |
SCRAP ID |
3200 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75758 44489
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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 |
04/07/2019 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA NE CENTRE |
Number |
2 |
| Other names |
BALNUARAN |
| HER/SMR |
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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 |
| 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 |
75758 |
44489 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47358 |
-4.07337 |
| 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
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. The panel is situated in the NE cairn at Clava, at the top of the inner chamber wall on the NW side. The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns, Richard Bradley, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series Number 17, Edinburgh 2000 shows its location in illus 37 p37.
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) |
0.3 |
Width |
0.4 |
| 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 |
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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
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a flat slab of sandstone, 0.27m wide x 0.05m thick, and extending back into the wall about 0.036m. There is a single well-formed cup, with a possible ring around it. At the top of the wall, it is a loose stone and may not be in its original position.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Definite
Comments
There is a well-formed cup with a faint possible ring around it.
C7. MOTIFS
Cup and Rings
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? Yes
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.
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
There are many visitors to this site, but this panel is at the top of the chamber wall, 2m from the ground surface so very unlikly to be seen. It is simply balanced on the top rather than built into the wall itself, so is at some risk of becoming dislodged.
