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Balbeg
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Balbeg
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Wester Cloanlawers
Canmore ID 290177
Site Number NN64SE 101
NGR NN 69059 41769
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/290177
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN64SE 101 69059 41769
There is a subrectangular turf building on a terrace just inside the former head dyke of the farm of Wester Cloanlawers (now named Balbeg). Two phases of construction can be identified. Originally, the building appears to have measured 9.4m from NE to SW by about 2.8m transversely within walls now reduced to low spread banks, but it was subsequently shortened at the NE end to 5.7m in length. The walls of the later phase, also turf-built, are better preserved, but even these stand no more than 0.3m high. There is an entrance (belonging to the later phase) on the SE.
(BL00 296, 2654)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 20 June 2000.
Field Walking (12 June 2019)
GUARD Archaeology Limited undertook an archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey, conducted on 12th June 2019, of an area proposed for woodland creation at Duallin Farm in Perth and Kinross. The aims of the study were to assess evidence for the past human use of the area, its archaeological sensitivity, and the potential impact of any development upon the archaeological resource.
The cultural heritage assessment has found that the Site sits within an archaeological landscape that has been used for settlement and ritual purposes since prehistoric times. Within the Site itself are six cup marked or cup and ring marked stones. A further nine cup marked or cup and ring marked stones, one prehistoric hut circle (CHS 56) and a nationally significant stone circle are located within the 1 km buffer.
There are 16 post-medieval sites of local or lesser cultural heritage significance within the area proposed for woodland creation. These consist of agricultural remains, townships, small-scale industrial features, individual structures a trackway and a wall.
Cartographic evidence and aerial and satellite imagery indicate that the Site has been agricultural land and upland rough grazing since at least the mid eighteenth century. Given that prehistoric remains are known within the Site, there is good potential for the survival of hitherto unrecorded sub-surface archaeological remains within the area proposed for woodland creation. Consequently, Perth and Kinross Council may require the implementation of a programme of archaeological evaluation works to establish the presence or absence in those areas of the Site that will be subject to ground-breaking work.
A brief assessment of potential indirect effects upon the designated cultural heritage sites located within the 1 km buffer found that there would be no significant indirect effect upon the settings of Old Lawers Village, Settlement and Burial Ground Scheduled Monument, Lawers Toll House (CHS 31), Lawers Bridge (CHS 32), Lawers Smithy, Lawers Mill, or Lawers Burn, Peat Stores, Huts and Trackways, and Cup-marked Stones Scheduled Monument.
Information from: Karolina Saxerbo Sjoberg (Guard Archaeology) 14th June 2019
OASIS ID: guardarc1-355540
