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Desk Based Assessment

Date 10 August 1972

Event ID 590128

Category Recording

Type Desk Based Assessment

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/590128

Hewison (1893-5) describes this crannog as pear-shaped, 90ft x 70ft with a heavy wall running round an inner area 50ft in diameter. In the centre of this he found a hearth but no artefacts. It was connected to the W shore of the loch by a 7ft broad causeway edged by a double row of oak posts and laid with small flagstones. In 1968, roughly the same features were found, though the water level was 2-3ft higher, and the surrounding wall is mostly under water. The causeway was not seen. probably due to depth of water and growth of reeds. When diving off the E side of the crannog, a Mr Knowles found 2 sets of piles in about 15ft of water lying 25-40ft out from the shelf. Probably this was some kind of jetty.

J Mackinlay 1862; J K Hewison 1893; D N Marshall 1969.

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