Drumduan
Logboat
Site Name Drumduan
Classification Logboat
Alternative Name(s) Drumduan Moss; Auchlossan Loch
Canmore ID 17505
Site Number NJ50SE 9
NGR NJ 56 01
NGR Description NJ c. 56 01
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Aboyne And Glentanar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ50SE 9 c. 56 01.
About 1839 a conoe formed out of a single block of oak was dug out of the peat-moss at Drumduan (NJ 5646 0116) on the S side of Auchlossan Loch. It was broken shortly afterwards.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 12 December 1968.
In 1836 a logboat was found (probably during drainage operations) in 'the peat-moss at Drumduan, on the south side of Auchlossan Moss'. The area is one of afforested moorland and reclaimed peat-moss at an altitude of about 130m OD.
When found, the logboat was 'quite entire' and 'neatly formed out of a single block of oak', but it proved to be 'in an unsound state' and soon disintegrated as a result of drying and rough handling.
NSA 1845; R J C Mowat 1996.
