Balnabruach
Chapel (Period Unknown)
Site Name Balnabruach
Classification Chapel (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Balnabruaich Sewage Pumping Station
Canmore ID 15665
Site Number NH98SW 5
NGR NH 90899 84044
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15665
- Council Highland
- Parish Tarbat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH98SW 5 9088 8404.
(NH 9088 8404) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907).
The site of a chapel, of which no remains are discernible, lies at Balnabruaich, a continuation of the village of Portmahomack, 50 yards inland on the shore-level from the village street.
J M Davidson 1948.
No trace of the chapel. Mr Duff (Information from Mr Duff, Balnabruach, Portmahomack) stated that a human skull was ploughed up in its vicinity a few years ago, but has no other information.
Visited by OS (AA) 20 September 1972.
Field Visit (September 1977)
Balnabruach, Chapel NH c.908 840 NH98SW 5
A chapel is said to have stood in this vicinity.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1977
(Davidson 1946, 27)
Watching Brief (November 1992)
In November 1992, a watching brief was carried out at this site by GUARD during ground-preparation for a pumping station at Balnabruaich, near Portmahomack, and in the area of the reported chapel site. Although a number of linear features were observed in the sand sub-soil, none was of any antiquity. The farmer, Mr Duff, reported that the skull had been found further to the E than the site of the pumping station. The results of the watching brief were therfore negative.
Sponsor: Highland Regional Council Water and Sewage.
I Banks 1993.
