BALNUARIN OF CLAVA NE PASSAGE 1
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| Canmore ID |
14257 |
SCRAP ID |
3099 |
| Location OS Grid Ref: |
NH 75769 44480
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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 |
11/08/2018 |
Date Fieldwork Completed |
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| New Panel? |
Yes |
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A1. Identifiers
| Panel Name |
BALNUARIN OF CLAVA NE PASSAGE |
Number |
1 |
| Other names |
OS shows BALNUARIN but Canmore shows spelling of this site as BALNUARAN except for the panel in the garden wall |
| 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 |
75769 |
44480 |
| Lat/Long |
57.4735 |
-4.07318 |
| 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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| other |
in passage of cairn |
| 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
- Stone Circle
- 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. There is both a car park and on site interpretation. The site 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 itself is the last large stone on the left when entering the passage into the NE Cairn at Balnuarin of Clava. This panel has previously been recorded as a part of the Balnuaran of Clava, North East, chambered cairn and stone circle monument (Canmore ID: 14257).
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) |
1.2 |
Width |
0.9 |
| Height (max) |
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Height (min) |
0 |
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 |
Fine
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Visible Anomalies |
No selection
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Rock Type |
Sandstone
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C4. Surface Features
- Bedding Planes
- Smooth Surface
C5. Panel Notes
The panel is a flat slab of sandstone, set upright and about 1.2m long by 0.9m high. It forms part of the row of large stones which define the passage into the centre of the cairn, and is the last stone on the left before entering the central chamber. There are 4 cupmark motifs on the top half of the panel. An L-shaped pecked groove in the bottom half of the panel is especially clear in the photogrammetric model. Starting from about 0.1m above ground level, it is vertical for about 0.2m, and then turns sharp right and goes horizontally for about 0.7m, curving and aiming lower towards the edge of panel.
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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4
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Groove
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1
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Visible Tool Marks? Yes
Visible Peck Marks? No
D1. Access
- Right to Roam access.
- Access is managed by a national organisation.
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
Large numbers of visitors come to this site. Few will notice this panel.
