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Field Visit

Date December 1977

Event ID 1144476

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1144476

Dumbuck NS 415 739 NS47SW 8

This crannog was discovered within the tidal water of the River Clyde about 1.5km ESE of Dumbarton Rock. Excavation in 1898 revealed timber piles enclosing an area 15.2m in diameter on which there was a flooring of horizontal timbers. Supports for a superstructure

were also apparent. The remains of a stone break-water encircled the crannog and a causeway linked it to a 'dock-like structure' containing a dug-out canoe (now in Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum). The finds included a number of flaked weapons and other objects of

slate, most of which are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland.

RCAHMS 1978, visited December 1977

(Bruce 19 0 0)

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