Balnethill Farm
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Balnethill Farm
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 27863
Site Number NO10SE 2
NGR NO 1768 0390
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27863
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Portmoak (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Kinross-shire
NO10SE 2 1768 0390.
NO 176 039: The ditch of an oval enclosure, measuring c.90' x 70', is revealed as a crop mark on APs (CPE/Scot/UK 290: 5186-7) in a cultivated field on Balnethill farm, 600 yds ENE of Balgedie House.
RCAHMS MSS 1951
There is no trace of this enclosure. No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 22 February 1974
Aerial reconnaissance (by RCAHMS in 1990 and 1992) has confirmed this oval enclosure, measuring at least 25m NNW-SSE by about 20m transversely. It sits on a ridge to the ENE of Balnethill farm. At least three pits are visible in the interior.
Information from RCAHMS (RHM) 12 June 1997.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (11 April 1951)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
