MHG3037 - Ballagan Farm

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Type and Period (1)

PIT ALIGNMENT (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)

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Scheduled Monument 5041: Ballagan, pit alignment 120m SSE of

Full Description

Pit-alignment, Ballaggan: Air photography has revealed the crop-mark of a pit-alignment running for about 70m from NW to SE immediately SE of Ballaggan farmhouse. There are indeterminate crop-markings to the E and SE.
RCAHMS 1979.

Tolan notes pit-circle at termination of alignment.
M Tolan 1988.

At the E terminal of the pit-alignment, air photographs show the remains of a pitted enclosure (30m in diameter) with traces of an internal feature which may be a palisade; the relationship between
the two is unclear.
Information from SDD (HBM), 1991.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2675 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 21, No. 142.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7945 5253 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH75SE
Civil Parish	PETTY
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Parent of: Ballagan Farm (Monument) (MHG44638)

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External Links (2)

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM5041 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
https://canmore.org.uk/site/14410 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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