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Balmachree

Enclosure (Prehistoric)

Site Name Balmachree

Classification Enclosure (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Balmacree

Canmore ID 14215

Site Number NH74NW 27

NGR NH 7417 4823

NGR Description NH7417 4823

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Petty
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

This enclosure measures 12m in diameter, and has clear traces of an internal feature.

Information from SDD (HBM), 1991.

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Field Visit (February 1978)

Balmachree NH741 482 NH74NW 27

Air photography has revealed the crop-mark of a roughly circular enclosure 700m NE of Balmachree farmhouse; it has been surrounded by a bank and an external ditch. Visible on RCAHMS AP 1976 and 1977.

RCAHMS 1979

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