Underwater Archaeology

Date 2003

Event ID 590126

Category Recording

Type Underwater Archaeology

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NS 0618 5928 The crannog site at the SW corner of the loch was inspected below the water level and was found to consist of an artificial boulder mound, similar in construction to the site on the N shore; the entire mound appears to be artificial in origin. The site measures around 30m in diameter, while the dry area is c 18m in diameter. Nothing was seen of the heavy drystone wall previously reported (e.g. PSAS, 1861, 43-6), though a small length of rubble on the E edge of the dry area of the site may represent the remains of a ruinous wall. It is clear that the site has become heavily overgrown since the time of the inspections in the late 19th century, both in and above the water, and nothing is now visible of the possible walkway leading to the W shore noted at that time.

Sponsor: Dr J N Marshall (Isle of Bute) Memorial Trust.

M G Cavers 2003.