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Field Visit
Date December 1977
Event ID 553684
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/553684
NS 415 739 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 faked weapons and other objects of slate, most of which are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland.
RCAHMS 1978, visited December 1977
J Bruce 1900.
