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Wester Balnaban

Farmstead (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Wester Balnaban

Classification Farmstead (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Canmore ID 260455

Site Number NH53SW 80

NGR NH 5197 3071

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Aerial view of Balnaban modern settlement, Glenurquhart, W of Drumnadrochit, looking N.
Aerial view of Balnaban modern settlement, Glenurquhart, W of Drumnadrochit, looking N.Aerial view of Balnaban and Balnacraig modern settlement, Glenurquhart, W of Drumnadrochit, looking NW.Aerial view of Balnaban modern settlement, Glenurquhart, W of Drumnadrochit, looking NW.

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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Field Visit (8 October 1997)

NH53SW 80 5197 3071

The farmsteading at Wester Balnaban comprises four buildings. Two are roofed, the westernmost of which bears the initials AG above its doorway. To the N of the track to the steading there are the remains of a rectangular building, measuring 8.8m by 3.1m within a clay-mortared rubble wall, which stands to a height of 0.6m. It is aligned ENE-WSW, with a doorway on the SSE side, and is built on a platform levelled into the slope. The fourth building lies to the E of the roofed buildings; on the date of visit it was obscured by its corrugated iron roof, which had collapsed over the building.

Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 8 October 1997

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