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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 663932
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/663932
NH85NE 8 8728 5532.
(NH 8728 5532) Balblair (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1938)
Just before the battle of Culloden, the Duke of Cumberland's camp was centred on the house of Balblair.
G Bain 1893.
Balblair is a plain harled building of three storeys and has no outstanding architectural features.
It dates back to the early 17th. century.
Visited by OS (E G C) 29 November 1961; Information from Major Allenby, owner, Balblair.
