Ballochleam
Battle Site (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Ballochleam
Classification Battle Site (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 45377
Site Number NS69SE 10
NGR NS 6530 9120
NGR Description Centred NS 6530 9120
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45377
- Council Stirling
- Parish Gargunnock
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS69SE 10 653 912.
(NS 653 912) Brass Armour, Spears & Bones found here (NAT)
OS 6" map (1959)
A great quantity of different kinds of bones, pieces of brass armour and spearheads were found in the hollow of a field by an old tenant of Ballochleam (NS 6533 9132) which name means "Hollow of the Dead".
A battle, fought near the farmstead, between Graham of Boquhan and Leckie of Keckie, was still commemorated in ballad in 1793.
W Chrystal 1903; Name Book 1860
Note (1979)
Ballochleam NS 653 912 NS69SE 10
It was recorded in 1860 that a great quantity of different kinds of bones, pieces of brass armour and spearheads were found near Ballochleam.
RCAHMS 1979
(Name Book, Stirlingshire, no. 14, p. 42; Chrystal 1903, 132)
Desk Based Assessment (1 August 2010 - 1 May 2013)
The SMR and RCAHMS database note that the Ordnance Survey Name Book (1860) records that 'a great quantity of different kinds of bones, pieces of brass armour and spearheads' were found near Ballochleam, which name is said to mean "Hollow of the Dead". Chrystal (1903) records that a battle, foughtnear the Ballochleam farmstead, between Graham of Boquhan and Leckie of Keckie, was still commemorated in ballad in 1793. The Ordnance Survey 1st (1865-6), 2nd (1899) and 3rd (1923) Edition maps show the location of the finds, annotated as as 'Bones, Armour, Spears and Bones found here'.
Information from Oasis (cfaarcha1-206247) 16 April 2015
