Balbeg
Shooting Stand(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Balbeg
Classification Shooting Stand(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 259488
Site Number NH43SE 44.01
NGR NH 45565 32699
NGR Description from 4562 3259 to 4555 3272
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259488
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (2 September 1997)
NH43SE 44.01 from 4562 3259 to 4555 3272
There are ten turf-built shooting butts (URQ97 243-4) amongst the small cairns on heather moorland, and an eleventh isolated on top of a knoll immediately NW of a hut-circle (NH 4593 3248, URQ97 255). Eight of the butts are set in a line which runs NNW from NH 4562 3259 for 150m to NH 4555 3272, where it turns N and continues for a further 75m to NH 4554 3279.
(URQ97 243-6, 248-9, 251-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 2 September 1997
