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Balmore
No Class (Event)
Site Name Balmore
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 142984
Site Number NS67SW 60
NGR NS 603 735
NGR Description Centred NS 603 735
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142984
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Baldernock (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS67SW 60 centred 603 735
NS 655 743 (NS67SE 53); NS 603 735 (NS67SW 60); NS 619 737 (NS67SW 61); NS 630 774 (NS67 NW 33) (centres) A walkover survey was conducted prior to the implementation of a flood prevention scheme. The areas encompassed lands around the River Kelvin, the Luggie Water, the Glazert Water, the Park Burn and the Tower Burn. Much of the land appears always to have been marshy and prone to flooding, and for this reason little settlement archaeology was observed, the only example being a rectangular structure base and midden on slightly higher ground at Balmore (NS 603 735). A substantial boundary bank and ditch was observed to the NE of Hayston (NS 646 741). The course of the Antonine Wall runs through the area in Kirkintilloch (NS 655 745) but no remains are visible on the ground.
Many of the features observed were water management features. There is evidence that the course of the River Kelvin has been straightened (NS 665 749), possibly in the late 18th century. A lade was observed on the Glazert Water in Lennoxtown, and a further possible example on the Luggie Water in Kirkintilloch, just N of the aqueduct. Well-established embankments exist at many points on the banks of the watercourses, as a flood prevention measure, most notably on the banks of the Park Burn (NS 641 737).
Sponsor: Halcrow Crouch.
N Battley 1998.