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Field Visit
Date October 1957
Event ID 924943
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/924943
Dun, Balnacraig
This dun is situated at a height of 940 feet OD on a level track of land which lies between rising ground to the N and a steep descent of 570 feet to the S to the left bank of the River Lyon opposite Duneaves House. The wall of the dun is very well-preserved, all the facing stones of both faces being visible up to heights of from one to four courses. The interior measures 65 feet by 58 feet and the wall varies in thickness from 8 feet to 13 feet. The entrance, in the SW, can be distinguished in the debris, but while the line of the SE side of it is visible the stones of the opposite side are obscured by debris. Both in the interior and outside to the NE there are several rectangular foundations which are presumably secondary to the dun. They consist of low grass-covered stony mounds about 3 feet in width, those in the interior butting on to the inner face of the wall. They appear to be small structures of the butt-and-ben type measuring some 25 feet by 12 feet overall and may represent shielings, if not a permanent settlement.
NN 748 476
Visited by RCAHMS October 1957
