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Ballaggan
Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ballaggan
Classification Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14410
Site Number NH75SE 14
NGR NH 79460 52542
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14410
- Council Highland
- Parish Petty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
(Tolan notes pit-circle at termination of alignment).
M Tolan 1988.
At the E terminal of the pit-alignment, air photographs show the remains of a pitted enclosure (30m in diameter) with traces of an internal feature which may be a palisade; the relationship between the two is unclear.
Information from SDD (HBM), 1991.
Note (1979)
Ballaggan NH 794 525 NH75SE
Air photography has revealed the crop-mark of a pit-alignment running for about 70m from NW to SE immediately SE of Ballaggan farmhouse. There are indeterminate crop-markings to the E and SE.
RCAHMS 1979
