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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15241
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
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.
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
