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Ballone Castle, Cnoc Dubh

Cist(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Ballone Castle, Cnoc Dubh

Classification Cist(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 15643

Site Number NH98SW 2

NGR NH 928 837

NGR Description NH c. 928 837

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Tarbat
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH98SW 2 c. 928 837

Near Ballone Castle (NH98SW 1) is Cnoc Dubh (Black Hill) where stone coffins have been found.

W J Watson 1904.

No further information.

Visited by OS (A A) 19 September 1972.

Burial cists findspot.

CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.

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Note (1979)

Cnoc Dubh, Ballone Castle N H c.92 83 NH98SW 2

The discovery of stone coffins was recorded here in 1904.

RCAHMS 1979

(Watson 1904, 48)

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