Watching Brief

Date 1 March 2011 - 18 March 2011

Event ID 964488

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/964488

NH 2734 1317 A photographic survey and subsequent watching brief were undertaken 1 March–18 May 2011 in advance of the development of a hydro-electric scheme at Balnacarn. The work focused on the site of the turbine house and its immediate intake, as these will be located close to the improved 19th-century farmstead of Balnacarn. An earlier deserted township lies to the W. A mill lade ran down to the steading, but there was no evidence of a water wheel or associated structures and features. No features of archaeological significance were found apart from a single, stone-lined drain.

Archive: Highland Archaeology Services

Funder: Dulas Hydro Generation

Highland Archaeology Services, 2011