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An Doirlinn, Eriska
Crannog (Period Unknown)
Site Name An Doirlinn, Eriska
Classification Crannog (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Barr Mor
Canmore ID 23328
Site Number NM94SW 7
NGR NM 90101 42393
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23328
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM94SW 7 9011 4239
(NM 9011 4239) Crannog (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1974.
This crannog is situated below high-water mark on the south shore of Eriska. It is now a seaweed-covered stony mound about 20 metres in diameter and not more than 1 metre in height. The centre is disfigured by spoil heaps and a partly filled trench associated with an unfinished excavation in 1884 (R Munro 1885). This excavation showed that the crannog had rested on a circular timber substructure, about 18.3 metres in diameter, which consisted mainly of horizontal beams, radially disposed, with a certain amount of brushwood towards the centre. The perimeter had been defined by at least one row of beams round the circumference. Superimposed on this was a layer of stones and clay 0.9 metres deep from the surface of which charcoal, ashes and some burned animal bones were recovered, but no artifacts of any kind. There is no evidence to suggest that the crannog was ever linked to the island by means of a causeway.
RCAHMS 1975.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale
Visited by OS (RD) 4 November 1971.
Field Visit (May 1970)
NM 900 423. This crannog is situated below high-water mark on the S shore of Eriska, about 275 m E of the bridge that links the island to the mainland. It is represented at present by a seaweed-covered stony mound some 20 m in diameter and not more than 1 m in height, the centre of which is disfigured by spoil-heaps and a partly-filled trench associated with the unfinished excavation of 1884 (PSAS, xix (1884-5), 192-5).
The investigation then undertaken revealed that the crannog had rested on a circular timber substructure, about 18'3 m in diameter, the bulk of which consisted of roughly-dressed horizontal beams, radially disposed, with a certain amount of brushwood towards the centre, while the perimeter had been defined by at least one row of beams laid circumferentially. Superimposed on this was a layer of stones and clay 0'9 m in depth, from the surface of which charcoal, ashes and some burned animal bones were recovered, but no artifacts of any kind.
There is no evidence to suggest that the crannog was ever linked to the island by means of a causeway.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1970.
