Balig
Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Balig
Classification Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 60941
Site Number NX08SE 15
NGR NX 08837 83464
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60941
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
(A: NX 0880 8345; B: NX 0883 8346) Air photographs show the indistinct cropmarks of two small, circular ditched enclosures. 'A' measures 12 to 14m in diameter within a ditch up to 1.0m wide. Only the W half is evident and no entrance is visible in this part. 'B' measures about 10m in diameter within a ditch 1 to 2m wide and has a 2m wide entrance break in the E.
Information from OS Recorder (JRL) 16 January 1980
There is no surface trace of these enclosures on a slight rise in a pasture field at about 10m OD. The ground situated gives no indication as to their function.
Visited by OS (JRL) 3 December 1980
Field Visit (June 1981)
Balig NX 088 834 NX08SE 15
The cropmark of a possible ring-ditch has been recorded 600m SW of Balig farmhouse; it measures about 8m in internal diameter and there is a gap in the ditch on the ESE.
RCAHMS 1981, visited June 1981
Aerial Photographic Transcription (19 October 2011)
