Field Visit
Date February 1983
Event ID 1201748
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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A crannog is situated in the Loch of Leys (drained in 1850 and now a marsh) 400m NNW of Lochton of Leys. At the end of the 18th century 'ruins of houses, and of an oven' were recorded upon it and during the drainage operations a ' millstone' was found on the crannog, and five bronze vessels of medieval date, two dugout canoes (one 100m NNE of the crannog), coins, and part of a red deer skeleton were also recovered from the bed of the loch. The crannog is said to have been a residence of the Wauchope family until the 14th century and subsequently, of the Burnetts, prior to the building of Crathes Castle (3Km to the ESE) in the 16th century. It was inaccessible at the date of visit.
RCAHMS 1984, visited February 1983.
(Statistical Account (OSA) 1793; J H Burnett 1855; J Stuart 1866)
