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Excavation
Date 1966 - 1967
Event ID 606742
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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A series of small exploratory excavations were carried out here by J Williams and A E Truckell in 1966-7. Timbers were visible on the SE edge of the crannog (B on plan) where a possible fragment of a dug-out canoe was also observed. Walls from 2 1/2 ft to 3 ft thick, standing about 1 1/2 ft high, were noted; judging from the rubble surrounding these footings, the walls must originally have stood about 3 ft high and probably represent the stone undercroft of a wooden framed building. The main building, oriented N-S, measures internally 35 ft by 15 ft; there is an annexe to the W. The paved and raised structure at A on plan may be the remains of a small jetty. Apart from the late medieval tripod pots described on NX 96 NW 2, no material has been recovered by which this crannog can be dated. (However, see also NX 96 NW 3.)
A small Mesolithic flint was recovered from the soil at 'D'.
J Williams 1971
