Site Event/Activity record EHG3686 - Evaluation - Balloan Farm, Inverness
Location
| Location | Balloan Farm, Slackbuie Avenue |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6711 4254 (79m by 96m) |
| Map sheet | NH64SE |
| Operational Area | INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Wordsworth Archaeological Services
Date
March 1990
Description
Trial excavations were carried out by J Wordsworth in the field immediately southeast of Balloan Farm, Inverness, in 1990 prior to a proposed housing development. Three trenches were positioned across a cropmark of a possible Iron Age pit alignment. The topsoil was stripped my machine and then the trenches were manually cleaned. Excavation in the southernmost and central trenches revealed that the feature causing the cropmark was actually a gully which was interpreted as a ploughed-down field boundary ditch. The northernmost trench contained a 5m wide former road, also seen as a cropmark, and a linear feature interpreted as a possible ha ha. <1> <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG25712 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J.. 1990. Archaeological Excavations at Balloan Farm, Inverness, March 1990. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. Paper and Digital.
- <2> SHG236 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J {B}. 1990. 'Balloan Farm (Inverness & Bona parish), gulley, road', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.23. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 23.
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Record last edited
Nov 27 2014 2:23PM