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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Loch Winnoch Crannog Alternative Name: Lochwinnoch Crannog, Castle Semple CrannogCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.825 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Renfrewshire Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Johnstone Nearest Village: Lochwinnoch
Map Ref: NS3600358999
Latitude: 55.796371N Longitude: 4.617603W
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| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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AstroGeologist visited on 24th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Loch Winnoch Crannog :
No visible remains of the Crannog to be seen above the water level
There was once a Crannog in Loch Winnoch (Now called Castle Semple Loch)
In 1791 several canoes, dug-out of single trees were found 1.5m below the surface of the loch.
One of them was on display in the garden of local man "Allan Pinkerton" of Mossend.
By 1845 "R. Smith" of the NSA noted that many more canoes had been found since 1791.
In 1868 "J. Stuart" first proposed that the vast number of Logboats discovered in Loch Winnoch probably meant that there was once a Crannog there too.
Picking up on that in 1876 "R. Love" suggests that at least some of the 'canoes' noted by NSA were probably the wooden portion of a Crannog, situated on the islet near the centre of the loch.
The surface of the islet was freestone and it could not have been above the water prior to the partial drainage of the loch, which took place in the late 17th century.
Castle Semple Loch is a recreational spot these days, used for sailing, swimming and fishing. The islet no longer remains, but perhaps there is wooden piles beneath the sediment on the bed of the loch. It has never received a proper, modern investigation.
For more information : Canmore ID 42149
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