Knockloam
Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric), Stone Ball (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knockloam
Classification Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric), Stone Ball (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 15201
Site Number NH85SE 5
NGR NH 87329 52228
NGR Description Centred on NH 87329 52228
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15201
- Council Highland
- Parish Cawdor
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH85SE 5 872 522.
There is a half-demolished tumulus in a field at Muckle Geddes (NH 869 520), about 400 yds S of the public road. A carved quartzite ball, with six prominent discs, and roughly 2 1/2 ins in diameter, which was found nearby is in Nairn Museum.
J A Smith 1876; Information from J M Joass to J A Smith.
No further information. A large proportion of the lands of Muckle Geddes was levelled during the 1939-45 war for the construction of an airfield.
Visited by OS (NKB) 16 November 1965.
Air photographs show at least seven ring-ditches in an arable field as marks in cereal crops. The roughly circular ring-ditches vary in size from 5m-10m across within narrow and broad ditches. There are a number of pits and other larger dark features in the immediate area of the ring-ditches. It is possible that more than one phase of activity may be represented.
Information: Historic Scotland, June 1992.
Field Visit (May 1978)
Knockloam NH 872 522 NH85SE
The indistinct crop-marks of at least three ring-ditches varying between 6m and 10m in diameter have been recorded on air photographs. A reference to a 'half-demolished tumulus' at Muckle Geddes in 1917 may refer to one of these ring-ditches. Visible on RCAHMS AP 1977, 1978
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
Munro 1918, 181; OS Record Card N H 85 SE 5.
Archaeological Evaluation (October 2010)
NH 87205 52256 An evaluation was undertaken in October
2010 for a development of three houses with associated access
and services. Work revealed no archaeological deposits or
features.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Highland SMR and RCAHMS
Funder: Mr and Mrs McSherry
