Balrae
Mortuary Enclosure (Neolithic)(Possible)
Site Name Balrae
Classification Mortuary Enclosure (Neolithic)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Balrae Cottage; Carsie Mains; Upper Gothens; Broadmyre
Canmore ID 83151
Site Number NO14SE 94
NGR NO 17152 42029
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/83151
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blairgowrie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Scheduled as Broadmyre, pit enclosure.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 12 February 2001.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (12 January 1993)
Cropmarks have revealed a possible mortuary enclosure some 60m WNW of Balrae Cottage. It measures about 21m from ESE to WNW by 9m transversely and comprises eight pits, six of them in opposed pairs along the sides and one placed centrally at each end.
Information from RCAHMS (SH) 12 January 1993.
Project (16 August 2013 - 13 September 2013)
NO 1717 4207 Trial resistivity and magnetic gradiometer surveys, over a pit defined enclosure identified from cropmarks, failed to define the pits or any other features of obvious archaeological significance. The survey was carried out, 16 August – 13 September 2013.
Archive: Perth and Kinross HER and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Local History Trust
Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2013
(Source: DES)
Magnetometry (16 August 2013 - 13 September 2013)
NO 1717 4207 Trial magnetic gradiometer surveys, over a pit defined enclosure identified from cropmarks, failed to define the pits or any other features of obvious archaeological significance. The survey was carried out, 16 August – 13 September 2013.
Archive: Perth and Kinross HER and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Local History Trust
Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2013
(Source: DES)
Geophysical Survey (16 August 2013 - 13 September 2013)
NO 1717 4207 Trial resistivity and magnetic gradiometer surveys, over a pit defined enclosure identified from cropmarks, failed to define the pits or any other features of obvious archaeological significance. The survey was carried out, 16 August – 13 September 2013.
Archive: Perth and Kinross HER and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Local History Trust
Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2013
(Source: DES)
Resistivity (16 August 2013 - 13 September 2013)
NO 1717 4207 Trial resistivity surveys, over a pit defined enclosure identified from cropmarks, failed to define the pits or any other features of obvious archaeological significance. The survey was carried out, 16 August – 13 September 2013.
Archive: Perth and Kinross HER and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Local History Trust
Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2013
(Source: DES)
