Monument record MHG3096 - Balloan

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6729 4270 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Excavation Report -
1) Ring ditch enclosure which would have housed substantial timber uprights of a stockade around a knoll. Enclosure measured 28-30m diam. Dating not secure.
2) Circular buildings, seemingly outwith the enclosure (above).
3) Sub-rectangular building - slate bracelet recovered from this foundation trench. Date between 1200BC and 800AD.
4) Circular enclosure, probably earlier than 1.
5) Another possible circular enclosure.
6) Other material - prehistoric pottery, pob. Bronze Age, found in various trenches.
Probably Late Bronze Age on basis of similar monuments, most likely an annual stockade.
Other structures - occupation subsiduary to or attendant on the stockade enclosure.
Report : J Wordsworth.
See assoc. docs. File.

J Aitken : 25/01/01.
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NH64SE 67 673 427.

Randomly placed test trenches on the line of the proposed Inverness southern distributor road adjacent to enclosure NH64SE 42 revealed plough truncated negative features.
S Carter and C Russell-White 1991.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Carter and Russell-White, S and C. 1991. Inverness Southern Distributor (Inverness & Bona parish): pit alignments, timber halls. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 41. 41.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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