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Latitude: 57.5746 / 57°34'28"N
Longitude: -3.992 / 3°59'31"W
OS Eastings: 280965
OS Northings: 855589
OS Grid: NH809555
Mapcode National: GBR J8JP.S4K
Mapcode Global: WH4G0.NW72
Entry Name: Moor of Balnagowan,enclosure 250m SW of
Scheduled Date: 19 March 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4737
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary)
Location: Ardersier
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Culloden and Ardersier
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument comprises an enclosure of a type associated with ceremonial and burial activity in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, measuring 16.5m in diameter and consisting of a low platform surrounded by a ditch and outer bank. A causeway crosses the ditch on the south west. The area to be scheduled measures 35m in diameter, to include the enclosure and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its use will survive, bounded on the north by a forest track as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved example of a type of ceremonial and burial site with a limited distribution, which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial and ceremonial practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 85 NW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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