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Clochkeil, Kintyre
Crannog (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Clochkeil, Kintyre
Classification Crannog (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38399
Site Number NR62SE 1
NGR NR 6672 2375
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Campbeltown
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR62SE 1 6672 2375.
(NR 6672 2375) Site of crannog. Examined by Duncan Colville and photographed in 1933; in that year the site was cleared of stones for cultivation. It consisted of a mound of stones and earth, about 5ft maximum height, 65ft maximum diameter, with a stone causeway about 50 yds in length from higher level to bog level and mound. Shown on Geological Survey 6" map as 'Stone Circle'. Area marked B (on Record Sheet) is reclaimed peat bog now under cultivation (black soil). Area marked A is at higher level (sandy soil). C is track of stone causeway now mostly removed.
Information from D Colville, 1960.
Crannog, Clochkeil (Site): This crannog is situated about 400m E of Clochkeil farm in cultivated land which, before reclamation, was part of Aros Moss. On the date of visit the field in question was under plough, but the crannog was visible in the form of a mound about 24.5m in diameter and up to 1.2m in height, which was joined by a stony causeway to slightly higher ground on the W. The mound was examined in 1935, when a shaft sunk to a depth of 1.8m showed that it consisted of small hazel branches intermixed with clay and gravel (L McInnes 1935). A local tradition, recorded at the same time, reports that there was formerly a stone building on the mound, but this was demolished to supply material for dykes and no plan of it survives.
RCAHMS 1971, visited 1960
