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Loch Davan
Crannog (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Loch Davan
Classification Crannog (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Marchnear
Canmore ID 107358
Site Number NJ40SW 26
NGR NJ 4390 0088
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107358
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ40SW 23 4390 0088
Air photography (AAS/96/03/G7/5-7, dated 6 June 1996) has recorded a possible submerged crannog in Loch Davan, which is now a nature reserve. It may be the same as that noted under NJ40SW 7.
NMRS, MS/712/11.
The following site has been identified over the summer season by aerial reconnaissance undertaken by Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service. Full information is held in Aberdeenshire SMR.
NJ 439 008 Possible submerged crannog lying offshore on W side of loch.
Sponsors: RCAHMS, Aberdeenshire Council
M Greig 1995.
Underwater Archaeology (20 September 2015)
NJ 4390 0088 This work was carried out on 20 September 2015, as part of a wider project investigating crannogs in NE Scotland and forms a large part of the author’s PhD research. The area identified in aerial photography as a possible crannog, Loch Davan (in 1996), was thoroughly searched on snorkel and the loch bed was probed with a bamboo cane to feel for solid material that might be associated with the crannog. The water in this portion of Loch Davan is a maximum of 1m deep, but the loch has seen significant infilling in the past 150 years. No evidence, either by probe or by sight, for the crannog was encountered. However, it was noticed that some reed beds and submerged vegetation in this loch form circular groups of roughly 20–30m in diameter.
It is likely that the aerial photograph identified a group of submerged vegetation.
Archive: Aberdeenshire SMR and National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) intended
Funder: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Michael J Stratigos – University of Aberdeen
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
