MHG3039 - Ballagan Farm

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ENCLOSURE (Undated)

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Scheduled Monument 5028: Ballagan, enclosure 300m ENE of

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NH75SE 13 796 526.
NH 796 526. Enclosure (Site), Ballaggan: Air photography has revealed the crop-mark of an oval enclosure about 300m ENE of Ballaggan farmhouse. It measures about 9m in maximum diameter within a narrow ditch. Indeterminate crop-markings to the SW may be periglacial in origin.
RCAHMS 1979; Visible on RCAHMS air photographs IN 3071-3: flown 1977.

There is a very clear internal structure, crescentic in shape and measuring some 5m across. There are individual pits in the immediate vicinity.
Information from SDD (HBM), 1991.

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--- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 21, No. 147.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7973 5268 (164m by 143m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH75SE
Civil Parish	PETTY
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM5028 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
https://canmore.org.uk/site/14409 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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