Site Event/Activity record EHG3209 - Excavation of early medieval burial ground, Newhall Point, Balblair
Location
Location | Newhall Point, Balblair |
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Grid reference | Centred NH 70882 67073 (20m by 16m) (Centred) |
Map sheet | NH76NW |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Operational Area | ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER |
Civil Parish | RESOLIS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Unaffiliated
Date
1985
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Description
Rescue excavation was carried out in 1985 on the recorded site of an early medieval burial ground and chapel prior to the construction of a new dwelling house at Newhall Point, Balblair. Initially two small trenches were opened and a probe survey was conducted across the threatened area. Followig the discovery of three burials within the trial trenches, three larger areas were opened and exavated.
A complex cluster of east/west and north/south orientated skeletons was uncovered. The roughly circular cemetery, c.20m in diameter, was at least partly enclosed by a ditch. Crudely worked, sandstone blocks found within some grave fills formed "head-sets". No artefacts were found in any of the graves. The project was funded by Historic Scotland. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG1660 Text/Publication/Article: Reed, D.. 1995. The excavation of a cemetery and putative chapel site at Newhall Point, Balblair, Ross and Cromarty, 1985. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 125. 779-791.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MHG40739 Site of burial ground, Chapelton, Newhall Point (Monument)
Record last edited
Jun 15 2016 12:34PM