Scheduled Monument
Balantrath,broch 135m WNW ofSM522
Status: Designated
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 30/06/1939
- Last Date Amended
- 06/03/1996
- Supplementary Information Updated
- 19/12/2018
- Type
- Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch; settlement (if not assigned to any more specific type)
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Planning Authority
- Highland
- Parish
- Latheron
- NGR
- ND 14396 30728
- Coordinates
- 314396, 930728
Description
This monument is a broch situated on a rocky outcrop on the left bank
of the Dunbeath Water. The site consists of a large mound of earth
and stone situated on the edge of a short vertical cliff. The mound measures approximately 23m NW-SE by 15m NE-SW and is about 3m high. There is some loose stone on top of the mound and a ruined stretch of the outer wall of the broch is exposed on the N side. There are
traces of 2 possible subrectangular structures at the base of the
mound to the SW and SE and traces of a ditch can be seen on the NE
and SE side of the broch. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum
of 50m NW-SE by 35m NE-SW, to include the broch, the associated structures, the ditch and an area around in which traces of
activities associated with the construction and use of the broch will survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
References
Bibliography
No Bibliography entries for this designation
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