Black Loch
Causeway (Period Unassigned), Crannog (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Black Loch
Classification Causeway (Period Unassigned), Crannog (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 60837
Site Number NX06SW 16
NGR NX 001 635
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60837
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Leswalt
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX06SW 016 001 635.
In the dry summer of 1880, a submerged causeway was discovered through the Black Loch, consisting of oak staves 6ft 7ins in length and 8ins in diameter, evenly laid on a bed of hazel branches closely packed and in perfect preservation.
A Agnew 1893
A timber causeway was discovered in the Black Loch during the dry summer of 1880; it was constructed of 'oak staves 6ft 7ins in length (2m) and 8ins (0.2m) in diameter, evenly laid on a bed of hazel branches'. The level of the loch had not dropped at the date of visit and nothing was visible.
A Agnew 1893; RCAHMS 1985, visited (SH) Ocotber 1984
