Easter Craggach
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Easter Craggach
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balabeck; Balnabreck
Canmore ID 12727
Site Number NH54SE 4
NGR NH 5737 4413
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12727
- Council Highland
- Parish Kirkhill
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH54SE 4 5737 4413.
A mound lies in the corner of the wood surrounded by a dyke on the croft of Balpeck now included in the farm of East Craggag, Kirkhill (NH 5744). It measures 94ft in diameter and 15 ft in height.
T D Wallace 1893
NH 57374413. This mound is completely covered with young fir trees, and is described as above. No stones were visible anywhere in the mound. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 21 December 1964
NH 44/54 OS 574442 No. 62 Balabeck.
A natural mound which has probably been tailored when incorporated into an estate forestry nursery. The nursery was discontinued in 1914 but the boundaries can still be traced in Balabeck Wood.
Coghill et al 1989
Field Visit (15 August 1943)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 12 November 2014.
