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Balnapaling

Shell Midden (Period Unknown)

Site Name Balnapaling

Classification Shell Midden (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 15241

Site Number NH86NW 7

NGR NH 8048 6901

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

The shell midden at NH 8048 6901 is as described above.

Visited by OS (J B) 24 February 1981.

No threat, within dunes (stabilised); Bracken cover.

CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.

Activities

Field Visit (October 1978)

Balnapaling 2 NH 804 689 NH86NW

There is a shell-midden composed mainly of winkle shells exposed in the face of a quarry 220m W of Dunskeath Castle (NH86NW 1). The midden is 0.2m thick and extends for at least 2.7m.

RCAHMS 1979, visited October 1978

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