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Coll, Loch Cliad
Crannog(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Coll, Loch Cliad
Classification Crannog(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 21691
Site Number NM25NW 7
NGR NM 2074 5883
NGR Description NM 2074 5883 and NM 2072 5878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21691
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Coll
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM25NW 7 2074 5883 and 2072 5878.
(1: NM 2074 5883) Crannog (NR)
(2: NM 2072 5878) Crannog (NR)
Crannogs, Loch Cliad: The remains of two crannogs of differing types are situated at the N end of Loch Cliad.
(1) The northern and larger of the pair stands close to the SE tip of a peninsula formed in the 19th century as a result of the partial drainage of the loch. The remains comprise the dry-stone foundations of two round-angled buildings of oblong plan (A and B), together with traces of a roughly circular building or enclosure (C), all grouped linearly upon a low stony mound which measures about 28m axially over all from SE to NW and up to about 14 m transversely. This mound, which appears to merge with a low spine of natural rock at the NW end, has evidently been an island of partly artificial construction, and the footings of an enclosure wall are visible intermittently round the base of building A at the SE end. Traces of a causeway linking the former island with the N shore of the loch may be represented by a group of boulders in the marshy ground at the neck of the peninsula about 100m N of the crannog. These remains resemble those of Dun Anlaimh (NM15NE 3) and may likewise tentatively be ascribed to the medieval period.
(2) This small stony island, which is evidently artificial, is situated about 36m SW of (1). It is approximately oval on plan, measuring 17.7m from SW to NE by 14.6m transversely at water-level on the date of visit. The footings of an enclosure wall can be seen in the S and E sectors of the island, while a short projecting spur of boulders may represent the vestiges of a causeway leading to the NE. The summit of the island contains no visible structural remains apart from traces of what appear to have been two duck-shooting hides.
Beveridge (E Beveridge 1903) asserts that there are two earthworks on the shore, to defend the causeway or to screen the crannogs. That to the W is about 50 yds long and 9 ft high in the centre, while the other is much broken and indistinct.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1975; E Beveridge 1903.
When seen in 1972, these crannogs were in a similar condition to that described by the RCAHMS (RCAHMS 1980). The 'earthworks' described by Beveridge were considered to be natural formations.
Crannogs surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 July 1972.
NM 2072 5878 Circular mound
NM 2074 5883 Oval mound with three buildings and causeway
Sponsors: Univ of Edinburgh Dept of Archaeology, Holley & Assoc.
W M Holley 1995
