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Lochan Na Gealaich
Crannog (Period Unknown)
Site Name Lochan Na Gealaich
Classification Crannog (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 23472
Site Number NN02SW 14
NGR NN 04967 23377
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23472
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN02SW 14 04967 23377.
(NN 0496 2338) Crannog (NR).
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
About 9 metres of the east shore of Lochan na Gealaich, an accumulation of stones measuring between 6 and 7.6 metres in diameter, and linked to the shore by what appears to be a causeway, has been recorded as a crannog. When visited by the RCAHMS, only a few stones were visible above the loch surface.
RCAHMS 1975, visited 1970; M S Mackay 1969.
Just below the surface of the loch is an artificial island composed entirely of stones. It measures about 10 metres in diameter, falls away steeply at the edge and is reached from the shore by a partially submerged causeway.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale.
Visited by OS (R D) 25 November 1969.
Field Visit (May 1970)
NN 049 233. About 9 m off the E shore of Lochan na Gealaich, a small hill-loch situated 1'2 km NE of Kilchrenan, an accumulation of stones, measuring between 6'0 m and 7.6 m in diameter and linked to the shore by what appears to be a causeway, has been recorded as a crannog (DES (1969), 10). At the date of visit only a few stones were visible above the surface of the loch.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1970.
Field Visit (5 June 1996)
NN02SW 14 04967 23377.
On the date of visit all that could be seen of this crannog were five or six stones protruding above the surface of the loch, about 10m from its E shore.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 5 June 1996
