Plan ink 1:250 NE Perth Inv 227.1 RCAHMS

Description Plan ink 1:250 NE Perth Inv 227.1 RCAHMS

Date 1988

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DC 14672

Category Prints and Drawings

Copies SC 390395

Scope and Content Plan of a burial-cairn at Balnabroich, Perth and Kinross Extensive remains of settlement and ritual activity are preserved on the moors to the north-east of Stylemouth farmstead. At least four burial cairns and a stone circle lie amongst the numerous hut-circles and small cairns. On plan, the cairn is roughly circular, its perimeter defined by a kerb of boulders, some 15 of which are still in situ. A large burial cist, which would originally have been covered by the mound, can be seen in the centre of the cairn. John Stuart, a noted 19th-century antiquary known today for his drawings of carved stones, conducted a brief excavation here in 1865, discovering that the contents of the large central cist had already been removed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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