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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 695641

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR76SE 5 7556 6331.

(NR 7555 6332) The island in Loch a' Bhaillidh is of artificial construction, made of stones similar to those on the shore; Munro could find no traces of piles or underlying woodwork. It measures 88' x 40', rising 4' - 5' out of the water. On its E side is the foundation of a rectangular building of undressed stones, 38' x 20'. A short excavation within it revealed ashes. The W half of the island is covered with rushes; another excavation here produced ashes, charcoal, and bone fragments (Munro 1893). A local informant told Campbell and Sandeman (1964) of a causeway and a possible underwater enclosure associated with the crannog.

R Munro 1893; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.

The level of the loch has recently been artificially raised, but the crannog is still visible on OS air photographs (72/084, No. 053) at NR 7556 6332.

Visited by OS (D W R) 27 June 1973.

NR 7556 6332. The remains of this crannog are visible as a sub-circular ring of stones, approximately 8.0m in diameter, protruding 0.4m above the surface of the loch.

Surveyed at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (B S) 14 March 1977.

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