Monument record MHG3090 - Balloan
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6708 4251 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64SE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
Excavation was carried out in advance of house building on the site of a NNE-SSW linear cropmark. Three areas, each at least 30m long by 5m wide were opened, using a mechanical excavator. The linear feature was not a pit alignment but a gulley, interpreted as a post-medieval field boundary. In the northern trench a gravel-surfaced road, some 5m wide, with drains on both sides of it, was recorded running from Balloan Farm eastwards, possibly to Castle Heather. This road is not shown on a 1725 map of the area. At right angles to the road, and abutting it on the N side, was a trench 1.2m wide cut 0.4m deep into the subsoil. A slight stone wall c0.25m wide had been built in the trench, against its W side. This curious construction has been tentatively interpreted as a ha-ha - that is, a retaining wall-ditch defining the garden area around Balloan House. <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. 23.
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Record last edited
Dec 3 2012 2:44PM
