Loch Ard, Altskeith
Crannog (Iron Age) - (Early Medieval)
Site Name Loch Ard, Altskeith
Classification Crannog (Iron Age) - (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 23921
Site Number NN40SE 1
NGR NN 4653 0211
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23921
- Council Stirling
- Parish Aberfoyle
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN40SE 1 4653 0211.
See also NN40SE 7.
NN 468 021. A crannog was found in Loch Ard on 5th September 1965 by Mr V Scott, Stirling, of the Forth Valley Sub Aqua Club. It lies "approximately 150 yds from the N shore and 80 yds beyond Altskeith Hotel", in 12" of water, with its top 2' below the surface. It comprises a mass of boulders about 40' in diameter with a regular pattern of sharpened stakes around the circumference, one of which was recovered and had a mortice cut in the end opposite the point. Some possible hearth stones and potsherds of Iron Age/Dark Age type also were also recovered.
J K Thomson 1965.
No trace was seen of this crannog, which was sited at NN 4653 0211.
Site surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (W D J) 4 July 1969.
Note (1979)
Loch Ard, Altskeith NN 465 021 NN40SE 1
This submerged crannog measures 12m in diameter and consists of a mound of stones surrounded by timber piles; one of the piles measured 2.3m in length by 0.15m thick and bore a mortice at its upper end.
RCAHMS 1979
DES (1965), 32-3
