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Ballagan House
Cairn (Bronze Age), Sword (Bronze Age)
Site Name Ballagan House
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age), Sword (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Ballagan Estate
Canmore ID 44455
Site Number NS57NE 9
NGR NS 572 795
NGR Description NS c.57 79
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44455
- Council Stirling
- Parish Strathblane (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS57NE 9 572 795.
When a cairn on Ballagan estate (Ballagan House: NS 572 795) was opened, a cist containing ashes and a piece of a Late Bronze Age (Coles 1962) sword was found. The exact site of the cairn is not known, but the sword fragment was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1788. (Accession no: DL 29)
RCAHMS 1963; J M Coles 1962; Archaeol Scot 1831.
(Sword fragment of miscellaneous type). Blade fragment of sword, L. 17.25 cm; M.b.w. 3.00 cm; badly corroded on edges, khaki patina. Edinburgh, NMA (DL 29, John Erskine Collection).
CB Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
Note (1979)
Ballagan NS c. 57 79 NS57NE 9
When a cairn was opened on the estate of Ballagan, a cist containing a cremation with part of a Late Bronze Age sword (NMAS DL 29) was found.
RCAHMS 1979
(Coles 1960, 86; RCAHMS 1963, p. 64, no. 33.)
