Archaeology Notes

Event ID 775103

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN31SE 10 3791 1365

NN 440 095 (centre) An archaeological survey was carried out in advance of possible forest regeneration around Loch Katrine in January 1997. The survey area was mainly restricted to woodlands, including both broadleaf and coniferous, but also included areas of open hillside. The survey identified and accurately located the presence of 84 known and previously unknown sites.

The majority of the features recorded were related to medieval or later settlement and field enclosures. A small-scale post-medieval iron industry was established around the loch shores and the Glengyle Burn.

No evidence of prehistoric settlement was recorded. The only potentially prehistoric feature was a possible burial mound just beyond the present W end of the loch. A stone cairn is recorded as containing the body of a Cromwellian soldier.

NN 3791 1365 Mound.

Sponsor: West of Scotland Water.

I Cullen and G Tompsett 1997

A mound, situated to the S of the Glengyle Water, was noted during a survey of woodlands around Loch Katrine by GUARD (NMRS MS 725/129, no.7). It is an elongated, sub-oval shape measuring 15.1m by 9.5m and is c.2.5m high. Composed of earth and stone, the mound is very overgrown with grass and heather with only a few stones showing through. Its well-defined shape and overgrown character suggest that it may be a prehistoric burial mound.

I Cullen and G Tompsett (GUARD) 7 to 12 January 1997; NMRS MS 725/129, no.7