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<< Our Photo Pages >> Balhomais - Stone Circle in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by BigSweetie on Friday, 26 March 2004  Page Views: 9372

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balhomais Alternative Name: Weem
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Aberfeldy  Nearest Village: Weem
Map Ref: NN82384926  Landranger Map Number: 52
Latitude: 56.620384N  Longitude: 3.918419W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Balhomais
Balhomais submitted by Nick : The SW stone showing destroyed crescent (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Perthshire. This site would be easy to miss if it were not marked on the OS map as a Tumulus. It originally comprised of a barrow surrounded by a stone circle that may have been as much as 22.0m in diameter (according to the OS map of 1900).

Over the years the barrow has been quarried away in places, so that it is now only 14.0m in diameter. Five stones are visible - two standing in their original positions, and a third incorporated into the wall of the field which may be in its original position. One other stone has fallen, and the fifth only just protrudes out of the ground. At the farmhouse to the N (NN 8236 4947) is a large rock with cup-marks which is thought not to be in it's original position. Whether or not it ever formed a part of the circle is unclear.

Balhomais is a confused site, overgrown, with scattered stones. From the top of the barrow grow two pine trees, said to have been used by the Menzies family from nearby Castle Menzies as gallows.

Directions

Head N from Perth on the A9. After approximately 35.0km, take the road to the right for Aberfeldy at the Ballinluig junction. The road (A827) curves round and back over the A9. Continue through Logierait, and follow the signs for Aberfeldy, which is approximately 15.0km after Logierait. Continue into Aberfeldy until you reach the cross-roads with the traffic lights, where you turn right onto the B846. Balhomais is on the right, approximately 1.5km after you pass Castle Menzies. The drive to Balhomais farm is narrow, so either park by Castle Menzies, or continue on to House of Menzies, and walk back to the circle.
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Balhomais
Balhomais submitted by Nick : The cairn and circle looking east (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balhomais
Balhomais submitted by postman : Site in Perth and Kinross Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balhomais
Balhomais submitted by Nick : Balhomais lies on the B846 about 1km before the Dull turning, beside the farm road of the same name. There is a tumulus or cairn here, by the north side of the road, and the remains of what may have been a circle. Only the northern and western sides remain, along with a jumble of other stones by the cairn, one of which must have been pretty impressive when upright. Fallen, it is easily 2m in le... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NN8249 : B846 by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2021(licence)
NN8249 : Farmland at Balhomais by Jennifer Jones
by Jennifer Jones
©2013(licence)
NN8249 : Peering over the rough drystone wall by C Michael Hogan
by C Michael Hogan
©2010(licence)
NN8249 : B846 by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2021(licence)
NN8249 : Lane from B846 road to Camserney by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
©2019(licence)

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Re: Balhomais - directions by coldrum on Monday, 05 April 2010
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Balhomais - directions by BigSweetie on Tuesday, 01 June 2004
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Head N from Perth on the A9. After approximately 35.0km, take the road to the right for Aberfeldy at the Ballinluig junction. The road (A827) curves round and back over the A9. Continue through Logierait, and follow the signs for Aberfeldy, which is approximately 15.0km after Logierait. Continue into Aberfeldy until you reach the cross-roads with the traffic lights, where you turn right onto the B846. Balhomais is on the right, approximately 1.5km after you pass Castle Menzies. The drive to Balhomais farm is narrow, so either park by Castle Menzies, or continue on to House of Menzies, and walk back to the circle.
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Balhomais - description by BigSweetie on Tuesday, 01 June 2004
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This site would be easy to miss if it were not marked on the OS map as a Tumulus. It originally comprised of a barrow surrounded by a stone circle that may have been as much as 22.0m in diameter (according to the OS map of 1900).

Over the years the barrow has been quarried away in places, so that it is now only 14.0m in diameter. Five stones are visible - two standing in their original positions, and a third incorporated into the wall of the field which may be in its original position. One other stone has fallen, and the fifth only just protrudes out of the ground. At the farmhouse to the N (NN 8236 4947) is a large rock with cup-marks which is thought not to be in it's original position. Whether or not it ever formed a part of the circle is unclear.

Balhomais is a confused site, overgrown, with scattered stones. From the top of the barrow grow two pine trees, said to have been used by the Menzies family from nearby Castle Menzies as gallows.
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