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Balnabroich
Ring Cairn (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Balnabroich
Classification Ring Cairn (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Stylemouth
Canmore ID 29055
Site Number NO15NW 15
NGR NO 10132 57078
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29055
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO15NW 15 1013 5707.
(NO 101 570) NE of the Grey Cairn (NO15NW 1) amongst the small cairns is a circular structure 18' across defined by an external circle of large stones; 6' within and parallel to the outer, is an inner wall of large blocks. A trench from the NE towards the centre showed a rough pavement, several large flattish flags, and great quantities of quartz pebbles.
Source: J Stuart 1868
Of this circular structure at NO 1013 5707, several stones of the outer circle are visible giving an overall measurement of 6.5m. Some of the blocks of the inner circle are displaed but the excavated central space has measured about 3.0m in diameter. The interspace is filled with peat-covered rubble stones. The mutilated NE segment is apparently due to Stuart's excavation. Classification uncertain, but possibly an unusually small ring cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (AA) 15 November 1973
Measured Survey (16 April 1987)
RCAHMS surveyed this site by alidade and plane-table on 16 April 1987 at a scale of 1:125. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 1.1).
Field Visit (May 1987)
Situated within an area of heather moorland about 90m NE of the Grey Cairn (NO15NW 1), there are the remains of a ring-cairn which was partially excavated by Stuart in 1866. Overall the cairn measures up to 6m in diameter and the internal court is about 3m across. Part of the inner kerb survives on the S and consists of boulders up to 1.25m in length and 0.3m in height. The edge of the cairn is partly defined by a low kerb of small boulders. The excavation (the trenches of which are still visible) revealed only rough paving at the centre and large quantities of white quartz.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) May 1987.
RCAHMS 1990.
