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Balmavicar

Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Balmavicar

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 110236

Site Number NR51SE 5

NGR NR 596 100

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Southend
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR51SE 5 596 100

NR 596 100 Circular enclosure c 10m across with low turf wall, with three or four shielings surrounding it on flat area N of Balmavicar Burn. Shielings are 1-2m in diameter; turf walls are 0.5m high.

Sponsor: Kintyre Antiquarian & Natural History Society.

F Hood 1996

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