Monument record MHG8553 - Midden, Balnapaling

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Grid reference Centred NH 8047 6901 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH86NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish NIGG

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NH86NW 7 8048 6901.

NH 804 689. Shell-midden, Balnapaling: There is a shell-midden composed mainly of winkle shells exposed in face of quarry 220m W of Dunskeath Castle (NH86NW 1) The midden is 0.2m thick and extends for at last 2.7m
RCAHMS 1979, visited 1978.

The shell midden at NH 8048 6901 is as described above.
Visited by OS (J B) 24 February 1981.

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  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 36, No. 338.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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