Balnuick
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Balnuick
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 284296
Site Number NH92NE 34.03
NGR NH 98999 26381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284296
- Council Highland
- Parish Duthil And Rothiemurchus
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH92NE 34.03 NH 98999 26381
This burnt mound is situated 590m NE of Balnuick farmsteading, on the SW side of an un-named stream that runs down the SE-facing slope from a spring some 140m to the NW. Roughly oval on plan, the grass-grown mound measures 10m from NW to SE by 8.5m transversely and 0.5m in height. There is a very slight hollow on the NE. A turf was removed from the top of the mound revealing a core comprising angular fragments of burnt stone and small fragments of charcoal contained within a matrix of loose black soil.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 24 October 2006.
Field Visit (24 October 2006)
This burnt mound is situated 590m NE of Balnuick farmsteading, on the SW side of an un-named stream that runs down the SE-facing slope from a spring some 140m to the NW. Roughly oval on plan, the grass-grown mound measures 10m from NW to SE by 8.5m transversely and 0.5m in height. There is a very slight hollow on the NE. A turf was removed from the top of the mound revealing a core comprising angular fragments of burnt stone and small fragments of charcoal contained within a matrix of loose black soil.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 24 October 2006.
