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Balnahanaid
Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Balnahanaid
Classification Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 141727
Site Number NN63NE 78
NGR NN 6668 3782
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/141727
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN63NE 78 6668 3782
A third pilot season of the Ben Lawers Historic Landscape Project was undertaken by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) in August 1998 on the northern shores of Loch Tay. The programme of work included ... geophysical survey and trial trenching at Balnahanaid.
NN 666 378; NN 669 379 Eighteen small exploratory trenches were excavated at two locations within the lands of the township of Balnahanaid. Their positions were chosen in relation to a geophysical survey which suggested the presence of several rectilinear structures, some of which appeared to correspond with structures identifiable on Farquharson's map of 1769, while others did not appear on any map coverage and were thus considered to be earlier.
At Balnahanaid west, 13 trial trenches at five locations produced different levels of archaeological activity. Two trenches produced the possible remains of heavily disturbed structures perhaps corresponding with those identified from Farquharson's map. Two further trenches produced plough-truncated archaeological remains which are normally associated with lowland Scotland. Those excavated in one trench produced a linear feature, packed with stones and associated with post-holes: this appeared to agree with the geophysical data which had suggested the presence of a rectangular structure.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, National Trust for Scotland, Russell Trust, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
J A Atkinson, M Donnelly, O Lelong and G MacGregor 1998
NN 6668 3782. John Farquharson's 1769 Survey of the North Side of Loch Tay (National Archives of Scotland, RHP 973/1, Plan 10) depicts a farmstead comprising three buildings and an enclosure centred at approximately NN 6668 3782. They are not depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet lxix), which shows this area as sparsely-wooded rough pasture (now mature woodland). The 1st edition map does, however, depict a 'Corn Kiln' about 100m to the ENE, at NN6679 3787.
The trenches excavated at Balnahanaid west in 1998 were in the area centred on NN 6661 3780. Further trial trenching in 1998 at Balnahanaid east is described under NN63NE 6. A detailed report on the excavations is included in Atkinson, Donnelly, Lelong and MacGregor 1999 (RCAHMS MS 725/208).
(BL00 2622)
Information from RCAHMS (SDB) 7 November 2007
J Atkinson, M Donnelly, O Lelong and G MacGregor 1999
