What is recorded here

One medieval hall stood beside its two siblings in Balgatheran, buried beneath a road that has not yet been built. Its shallow circular scar still holds burnt clay and charcoal, proving the room knew fire and fury before men forgot it. The building did not collapse; it waited. When the road arrives, it will cover the hall again, but the clay will remember the heat.

Discovered prior to road construction (Excavation Licence 00E0477). An area measuring c. 4800sq m was excavated (Chapple 2002, 210-12). A variety of different structures and phases of activity were identified. Two large boundary ditches (LH021-065001- and LH021-065002-), an industrial site (LH021-065003-), a hut site (LH021-065004-) and a kiln (LH021-065005-) date to the Early Christian period. Three structures (LH021-065006-, LH021-065007- and LH021-065008-) date to the Medieval period. This structure (LH021-065007-) was found close to the two other medieval structures (LH021-065006- and LH021-065008-). Excavation revealed a semi-circular truncated cut (Wth 1m; D 0.09m) with a projected diam. of c. 6m. Cut was filled with burnt clay and a charcoal rich soil. (Chapple 2002, 212) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 20 July 2012

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