Carse Loch
Logboat
Site Name Carse Loch
Classification Logboat
Alternative Name(s) Friar's Carse
Canmore ID 116388
Site Number NX98SW 68
NGR NX 919 846
NGR Description NX c. 919 846
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dunscore
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98SW 68 c. 919 846
For nearby crannog (NX 9189 8465), see NX98SW 1.
In 1879 Munro examined a 'canoe' in Dr Grierson's Museum at Thornhill. It had been revealed by drainage operations about 60 yards (55m) from the crannog or 'island' in Friar's Carse and was found 'deeply imbedded' in the mud at a depth of about 4' (1.2m).
Friar's Carse farmsteading is situated at NX 9254 8499 and a crannog (NX98SW 1) is noted in Carse Loch at NX 9189 8465. The local topography is cultivated clayland at an altitude of about 30m OD.
On discovery, the boat probably measured about 22' (6.7m) in length and 2'10" (0.9m) in beam, indicating a slenderness coefficient of about 7.8. The bow had been formed from the root end of the tree and the stern was closed by a transom, making it of dissimilar-ended form.
No subsequent record of this boat can be found.
R Munro 1882; R Simpson 1896; R J C Mowat 1996.
