BALNUARIN OF CLAVA NE PASSAGE 2
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| Canmore ID |
14257 |
SCRAP ID |
3201 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75754 44473
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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 NE PASSAGE |
Number |
2 |
| 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 |
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 |
75754 |
44473 |
| Lat/Long |
57.47343 |
-4.07343 |
| 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 located halfway along the passage into the NE cairn on the NW side.
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 |
0.8 |
| 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 |
SE |
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 orthostats in the passage of the NE cairn at Clava, sandstone, and about 0.9m high x 0.8m broad. Photogrammetry reveals several very worn possible cups on the panel. 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) on p33: "Cup-marked stones were identified on two orthostats on the north side of the entrance passage. One of these panels also included a cup-and-ring mark". This one is shown as having 'two or more cups' (illus 33 p34), the other panel mentioned is ScRAP 3099. No sketch is provided in the publication.
C6. Probability
The probability that there is any rock art on the panel is
Probable
Comments
No comments added
C7. MOTIFS
Cupmark
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2
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Visible Tool Marks? No
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- 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
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 walk into the cairn past this stone, but few if any take any notice of it.
