MHG3096 - Enclosure - Balloan
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- DEFENDED ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
- (Alternate Type) CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Excavation Report -
1) Ring ditch enclosure which would have housed substantial timber uprights of a stockade around a knoll. Enclosure measured 28-30m diam. Dating not secure.
2) Circular buildings, seemingly outwith the enclosure (above).
3) Sub-rectangular building - slate bracelet recovered from this foundation trench. Date between 1200BC and 800AD.
4) Circular enclosure, probably earlier than 1.
5) Another possible circular enclosure.
6) Other material - prehistoric pottery, pob. Bronze Age, found in various trenches.
Probably Late Bronze Age on basis of similar monuments, most likely an annual stockade.
Other structures - occupation subsiduary to or attendant on the stockade enclosure.
Report : J Wordsworth.
See assoc. docs. File.
J Aitken : 25/01/01.
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NH64SE 67 673 427.
Randomly placed test trenches on the line of the proposed Inverness southern distributor road adjacent to enclosure NH64SE 42 revealed plough truncated negative features.
S Carter and C Russell-White 1991.
Sources/Archives (1)
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6729 4270 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64SE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (1)
- VESSEL (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/76705 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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