Craigend
Timber Building (Prehistoric)
Site Name Craigend
Classification Timber Building (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 44413
Site Number NS57NE 16
NGR NS 59 78
NGR Description NS c. 59 78
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44413
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Campsie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS57NE 16 59 78.
In 1800 a small structure of oak and birch stakes was found below the surface of a moss at Craigend. It was 3 ft 9 ins (1.1 m) long by 22 ins (0.5 m) wide, and the stakes were over 5 ft (1.5 m) in length, driven close together, and from the bruises on their sharpened ends appeared to have been cut by a stone hatchet. There seemed to have been originally an entrance from the west, and a few pieces of wood indicated that the enclosure had originally been roofed (New Statistical Account [NSA] 1845). (Craigend is at NS 592 787, Craigend Muir name at NS 588 776, and Craigend Castle estate centred at NS 545 777).
NSA 1845
Note (1982)
Craigend NS c. 591 786 NS57NE 16
In 1800 a small structure of oak and birch stakes was found below the surface of a moss at Craigend; it was 1.1m long by 0.5m wide, and the stakes were over 1.5m in length.
RCAHMS 1982
(NSA, viii, Stirling, 82)
