Balnakilly
Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Kiln (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Balnakilly
Classification Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Kiln (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Croftinuran; Balnakeilly
Canmore ID 27664
Site Number NO06SE 95
NGR NO 07136 60103
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27664
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (10 November 1988)
NO06SE 95 07136 60103
The remains of the farmstead of Croftinuran (Stobie 1783) lie to the E side of a farmtrack some 160m W of Balnakilly Cottage; the farmstead has been severely robbed and its E side has been partially covered by the farmtrack. On the N side of the yard, which appears to have been an artificially enlarged natural hollow in the E facing hillside, there is a robbed building measuring 10.6m ENE-WSW by 7m overall; the entrance to the building, which has been levelled into the slope, was not visible.
A kiln measuring 3.3m in internal diameter is situated in the SSW corner of the yard, and in the SE corner there is a roughly level platform, probably for a building. Traces of a fourth structure are visible under the revettment along the N edge of the trackway, which crosses the E side of the yard.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 10 November 1988.
RCAHMS 1990.
