Ballantrae
Shell Midden(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Ballantrae
Classification Shell Midden(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) River Stinchar
Canmore ID 60936
Site Number NX08SE 10
NGR NX 082 824
NGR Description NX c. 082 824
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60936
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX08SE 10 c. 082 824.
(Area NX 082 824) Several probably late Larnian shell mounds existed near the mouth of the R Stinchar. One must have been a sizable feature to have dictated the name Shell Knowe for a group of houses at NX 082 824.
Name Book 1854; A D Lacaille 1946; A D Lacaille 1954.
There is no evidence of a shell mound here. The name 'Shell Knowe' applies to an area of small work-shops etc, with a rubbish dump on its west side. The area is flat and only slightly raised above the adjoining haughland.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 December 1970.
