Loch Tay, Craggan
Crannog (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Tay, Craggan
Classification Crannog (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ardeonaig; Craggan Boy's Brigade Camp
Canmore ID 24462
Site Number NN63NE 18
NGR NN 6645 3600
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24462
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kenmore (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN63NE 18 6645 3600.
According to the farmer at Dall, this 'cairn', possibly a crannog can only be seen when the water level is exceptionally low.
Visited by OS 25 August 1969.
This crannog is exposed at times of low water level and is oval on plan, measuring about 30m by 16m. Structural timbers (both horizontal beams and vertical piles) project from among the boulders that form the top of the crannog. This monument is probably the 'cairn' noted by Gillies 'in the bay to the west of the pier' in the 'neighbourhood of Ardeonaig'. It may also be the 'small island' that Mitchell noted 'near Ardeonaig'.
F O Blundell 1913; W A Gillies 1938; T N Dixon 1983; I Morrison 1985
As part of the Scottish Crannog Survey a number of sites in Loch Tay, originally surveyed in 1979 (PSAS 1982, 17-38), were resurveyed in August 2000.
NN 664 360 Craggan. One of the timbers noted in the original 1979 survey appears to have been cut with a saw in antiquity. A possible log boat (NN63NE 18) was observed near the shore about 110m NW of the site.
Sponsors: Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology, University of Edinburgh - Dept of Archaeology.
N Dixon and G Cavers 2000.
A summary of the work carried out by the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology in 2004 is included in The University of Edinburgh's 50th Annual Report, 2004.
N Dixon 2004
