Balloch
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric)
Site Name Balloch
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 32229
Site Number NO35NE 7
NGR NO 35036 57832
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Angus
- Parish Kirriemuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO35NE 7 3504 5782.
(NO 3504 5182) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1927)
A small, round, artificial eminence, planted with fir, in which a "stone coffin" has been exposed by a small hole recently (ie about 1863) dug in the summit.
Name Book 1863.
This is an oval, rather than round, stony mound, 22.0m E-W by 25.0m N-S and 2.0m high. It has been cleared of wood, and where it has been dug into is revealed a quantily of small stones. These, together with a number of large stones which lie around the base of the mound, suggest that it is a cairn rather than a tumulas. On the summit is a rectangular depression measuring 1.8m E-W by 0.6m - probably the site of the cist referred to in the ONB (1863); there are no signs of any slabs protruding.
Visited by OS (JLD) 2 September 1958.
Note (1983)
Balloch NO 350 578 NO35NE 7
This cairn measures 26m by 22m and 2.5m in height. A depression in the top probably marks the position of a cist found in the 19th century.
RCAHMS 1983
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 59, p.3).
