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Submitted by peigimccann on Tuesday, 25 October 2016  Page Views: 3587

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.941 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Stirling Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Aberfoyle  Nearest Village: Port of Menteith
Map Ref: NN5821901097
Latitude: 56.181341N  Longitude: 4.28576W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Lake of Menteith Crannogs submitted by peigimccann : Lake of Menteith Dog Island crannog (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Lake of Menteith between Stirling and Loch Lomond is a glacial lake comprised of four kettleholes and a depth of 10-22.3 metres. Although it is famous for Inchmahome Priory on the big island (1238) and the Earls of Menteith’s castle ruins on Inch Talla, it also contains four crannogs dating from the second half of the first millennium BC.

The Lochend, Dog Isle and Port of Menteith crannogs were found to have horizontal oak timbers within a boulder matrix. One theory is that each crannog site, apart from Inchmahome East, occupied its own bay with land of arable potential immediately adjacent to it.

Dog Isle (Inch Talla) Crannog: (NN 5676 0025) A still visible island in the SW corner of the lake.

Port of Menteith Crannog: (NN 5810 0011) “ … a submerged crannog covered by 4 feet of water in the north-eastern angle of the loch at the Port of Menteith (Sir John Murray & Fred Pullar (1910, 16))

Lochend Crannog (NS 5897 0025) located underwater and off the shore of the Lochend Chalets in the SE end of the Lake.

Inchmahome East Crannog (NN 5771 0064) located to the east of Inchmahome and marked with two buoys.

Ref: A survey of crannogs in the Lake of Menteith, Stirlingshire Jon C Henderson (1998)
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Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Lake of Menteith Crannogs submitted by peigimccann : Lake of Menteith Dog Island crannog (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Lake of Menteith Crannogs submitted by peigimccann : Inchmahome East crannog site between two buoys (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Lake of Menteith Crannogs submitted by peigimccann : Lake of Menteith Dog Island crannog (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Lake of Menteith Crannogs submitted by peigimccann : Crannog site Port of Menteith (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lake of Menteith Crannogs
Lake of Menteith Crannogs submitted by peigimccann : Inchmahome sign

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