Excavation
Date 1898
Event ID 553690
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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Dumbuck
Crannog (Iron Age), Worked Object(S) (19th Century), Logboat (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 43402 |
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![Colour copy of 1898 water colour drawing on glass lantern slide 'The great [war canoe]' from Dumbuck crannog (NS47SW 8) excavation.
Titled: 'The great [war canoe]'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00676473.jpg)
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Colour copy of 1898 water colour drawing on glass lantern slide 'The great [war canoe]' from Dumbuck crannog (NS47SW 8) excavation. Titled: 'The great [war canoe]'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog. Titled: 'The wild boar hunt at the crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog. Titled: 'The wild boar hunt at the crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Drawing showing the excavation at Dumbuck crannog in 1898.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
11/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Site of the Dumbuck crannog and the country around looking North'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709671
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Key to the Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
14/3/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709674
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
25/8/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709677
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709678
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'The inrushing tide hunts Ned and Dan'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
20/9/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
![Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Titled: 'Crannog No 9-10. Cleaning the refuse [bed?]'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00709679.jpg)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Crannog No 9-10. Cleaning the refuse [bed?]'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
20/9/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709687
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
21/9/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Verifying the crannogs west pile'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
22/9/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
![Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Titled: 'Northern end of oak plank. [found] to the East of the crannog...'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00709690.jpg)
SC 709690
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Northern end of oak plank. [found] to the East of the crannog...'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
22/9/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709691
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
9/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'The crannog. Narrow path on causeway discovered 5 Oct.'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
28/10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709694
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Timber structure opposite no 1.2'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
8/11/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709695
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Circles discovered on crannog causeway today'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
11/11/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709696
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Causeway running from well...'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709697
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709700
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709701
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Searching the structure'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709702
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Ned hiding the shovels. Dan washing his boots'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709704
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709705
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Doing the crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709706
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Home from visiting the crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
7/12/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709707
Dumbuck crannog, view of excavation finds.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'the great war canoe', oak ladder, quern, pathway, causeway timber and builders and stone artefacts.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Types of props or stays'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog, excavation find.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709711
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Pile from Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709712
Old Kilpatrick crannog, view of wooden excavation finds.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog, view of pile and timbers.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709714
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Weapons from Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709715
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Quern found at Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709716
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Some peculiarly shaped stones excavated from refuse bed of the Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709717
Dumbuck crannog, view of excavation artefacts.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709720
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Objects of wood. Cup and duct marked stones from refuse bed of the Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
3/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709721
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'First image of shale, discovered in the refuse of the relic bed of the Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709724
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Large shale image from Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709725
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Smallest shale image from Dumbuck crannog found in excavating debris in well-like cavity in the centre'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709726
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Dumbuck crannog, general plan'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709727
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Dumbuck crannog, sections and plan of site'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709728
View of the excavation at Dumbuck crannog (NS47SW 8) c1898.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
c. 1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Dumbuck crannog, view of excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
c. 1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709731
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Glasgow Archaeological Society at Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
c. 1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709732
Dumbuck crannog excavation. Titled: 'Archaeological society, Dumbuck crannog'.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
c. 1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
SC 709733
Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland
c. 1898
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Joseph Harrison Maxwell, archaeologist, Glasgow, Scotland)
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Scanned image of William Donnelly at Hunter's Burn railway bridge, to the north-west of Dumbuck cranng.
10/1898
© RCAHMS
![Colour copy of 1898 water colour drawing on glass lantern slide 'The great [war canoe]' from Dumbuck crannog (NS47SW 8) excavation.
Titled: 'The great [war canoe]'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00676473.jpg)
![Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Titled: 'Crannog No 9-10. Cleaning the refuse [bed?]'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00709679.jpg)
![Dumbuck crannog excavation.
Titled: 'Northern end of oak plank. [found] to the East of the crannog...'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00709690.jpg)
Dumbuck crannog, view of excavation. Copy slide of colour photograph on glass lantern slide.
'Site of the Dumbuck crannog and the country around looking North'. Copy slide of original glass lantern slide.
Dumbuck crannog. 'The wild boar hunt at the crannog'.
