MHG26646 - Battle/burial site - Baloan Fare, Kiltarlity

Summary

Battle/burial site at Baloan Farm

Type and Period (2)

BATTLE SITE? (Medieval - 1058 AD? to 1559 AD?)
BURIAL (Medieval - 1058 AD? to 1559 AD?)

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None recorded

Full Description

Across boundary between parishes of Kirkhill and Kiltarlity & Convinth.

The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. Baloan Fare; site of burials in rough pasture, believed to be after a clan battle between the Erasers and the MacDonalds in 1429. Reclamation was discontinued here some years ago when human bones were uncovered. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG2356 Text/Manuscript: Jacks, S E (ed.). 1989. Some unrecorded sites in the Aird noted between Oct 1987 & May 1989. Inverness Field Club. Digital. no. 43.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5480 3859 (50m by 50m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH53NW
Civil Parish	KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Civil Parish	KIRKHILL
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/116610 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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