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Underwater Archaeology
Date 20 September 2015
Event ID 1026974
Category Recording
Type Underwater Archaeology
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1026974
NJ 4390 0088 This work was carried out on 20 September 2015, as part of a wider project investigating crannogs in NE Scotland and forms a large part of the author’s PhD research. The area identified in aerial photography as a possible crannog, Loch Davan (in 1996), was thoroughly searched on snorkel and the loch bed was probed with a bamboo cane to feel for solid material that might be associated with the crannog. The water in this portion of Loch Davan is a maximum of 1m deep, but the loch has seen significant infilling in the past 150 years. No evidence, either by probe or by sight, for the crannog was encountered. However, it was noticed that some reed beds and submerged vegetation in this loch form circular groups of roughly 20–30m in diameter.
It is likely that the aerial photograph identified a group of submerged vegetation.
Archive: Aberdeenshire SMR and National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) intended
Funder: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Michael J Stratigos – University of Aberdeen
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
