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Township (Post Medieval)

Site Name Newton Of Ballinreigh

Classification Township (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 84864

Site Number NN93NW 13.01

NGR NN 9131 3772

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the remains of a farmstead, buildings and township.
Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the remains of a farmstead, buildings and township.Oblique aerial view of the townships and the military road, looking W.Comparative plans of Pitcarmick-type buildings and 19th century steadings. Generated from RCAHMS computer file DC37329.ai.Plan of archaeological landscape at Glen FenderOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on the remains of a township. Footings of two buildings and a hut, and a field-system, are visible along the bottom edge of the photograph. Remains of a farmstead, buildings and township are visible in the top half.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the remains of a farmstead, buildings and township.Aerial view of Newton of Ballinreigh township and Midtown of Ballinreigh farmstead. Digital image of C/12442.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, centred on the remains of a township. Footings of a farmstead and buildings are visible in the centre right of the photograph.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, centred on the remains of a township.Distribution map of medieval and later settlement. Generated from RCAHMS computer file DC37330ai.Oblique aerial view of the townships and the military road, looking WSW.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the footings of a farmstead and buildings. Remains of a township are visible in the centre right of the photograph.Oblique aerial view of the townships and the military road, looking W.Aerial view of Newton of Ballinreigh township and Midtown of Ballinreigh farmstead.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNE, centred on the remains of a farmstead and buildings. Remains of a township are visble in the centre left of the photograph.Glen Fender, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the remains of a farmstead and buildings. The remains of two townships are visible in the centre left and centre right of the photograph.Oblique aerial view.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Little Dunkeld
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

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Field Visit (6 December 1993)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Strathbraan

NN93NW 13.01 9131 3772

This township is situated on a terrace in the angle between the Glen Fender Burn and the River Braan at the edge of the improved grassland. The remains of at least 28 buildings are arranged in a series of steadings, comprising at least two buildings lying parallel or forming a L- or U-shape, and an enclosure. The buildings are constructed of faced-rubble up to 0.9m in thickness and many have been built on a platform levelled into the slope. A considerable size range is evident, with buildings measuring from 5.1m by 3.3m (Braan93 193) up to 25.1m by 3.9m internally (Braan93 198) with up to three compartments.

A horse-engine platform, measuring 7.2m in diameter, is situated on the W side of one of the buildings (NN 9131 3771, Braan93 194). What may be kilns are situated within the fermtoun at NN 9137 3775 and NN 9133 3770. Irregular, slightly hollowed, trackways run through the settlement, which is also disected by a track branching to the E from the military road from Coupar Angus to Amulree (NN93NW 8). The function of two circular pits (NN 9133 3763 and NN 9133 3773) is not clear.

Most of the buildings are shown as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheets lxxi and lxxii). Of two buildings shown on the 1st edition as unroofed, only one is now visible (Braan93 322), partially overlain by a drystone wall. Two further buildings (Braan93 37 and 321) are not depicted at all and may be earlier elements of the settlement. By the date of the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1901, sheets lxxi and lxxii), only three of the buildings (Braan93 32, 191, 192) are still roofed and these are shown as roofless on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1982).

(Braan93 31-37, 191-199, 321-328)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 6 December 1993.

Further Details

Note (4 February 1998)

RCAHMS First Edition Survey Project

A township, comprising thirteen roofed, five partially roofed, three unroofed buildings, two unroofed structures and eleven enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet lxxii). Eight unroofed buildings and seven enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 4 February 1998.

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