Monument record MHG55117 - House (Building C1), Balmacqueen

The easternmost structure in Site C: turf-covered, subrectangular drystone building, measuring 11.1m E-W by 3.5m internally, constructed with large stones and boulders; rubble core with two faces visible in places. There appears to be two phases of construction, with a later 'building up' of the earlier building, possibly for use as secondary byre or pen. The lower wall base measures 1.7m wide at the N and S walls and the secondary walling measures 0.7-0.8m wide on the same. The N wall stands up to 1.4m high and the S wall, which is mostly revetted into the hillslope up to 1.3m high. The entrance, 1m-wide, is located in west end of the N wall The building has slightly rounded corners at the NW and NE and a rounded inside corner in the SE. There is a 'ledge' in the S wall of the structure, which may have supported a roof or may have been the wall head in the primary structure. There appears to be a higher concentration of stone rubble inside W wall of the building, and could possibly be structural-possibly a ruinous twinning pen. A wall of rubble stone and boulder construction in attached to the NW corner and runs towards the shoreline. There is a length of very degraded boulder walling attached to the NE corner of the building, which runs towards the burn. <1>