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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kilbirnie Crannog Alternative Name: Glengarnock, Kilbirnie Loch, The Cairn (Kilbirnie)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.626 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Ayrshire Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Kilbirnie Nearest Village: Glengarnock
Map Ref: NS32385356
Latitude: 55.746311N Longitude: 4.671982W
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Crannog in North Ayrshire
In 1856 OS recorded a small island on the loch, locally known then as 'The Cairn', which was thought up until 1868 to have been built by one of the lairds as a retreat for Water Fowl during the breeding season. This artificial tree and grass covered island measured about 22m in diameter and rose about 1m above the water level which was approx 2m deep at this part of the loch. Sometimes during years of drought a 75cm wide stone causeway to 'The Cairn' was exposed from the NW margin of the loch.
Ironworks set up near the edge of the loch had been using the Southern end of the loch as a site for infill with dumping of furnace-slag and other wastes from 1841 onwards. During the 1860s 'The Cairn' had started to become distorted, the infill was causing the movement of sediment on the loch bed and by the summer of 1868 it had exposed the presence of a Crannog and up to four Logboats above the surface of the water.
The Crannog was built in four layers - the lowest of Logs laid horizontally and mortised together with Wooden Pins, and in two instances with Iron Nails. The next layer was of brushwood about 15cm in depth. The third was of gravel and sand to a depth of about 50cm, and on top, a pavement of stones roughly 50cm in depth. Wood Ash and a Hearth were seen in the uppermost layer, and a few fragments of Animal Bones were found. On the NE side was evidence of a Palisade.
In the largest of the four Oak Canoes (Found near the South end of the causeway, on the NE margin of the island) was a Brass Ewer and a three-legged Pot. This Logboat measured 5.5m x 90cm and disintegrated rapidly on exposure to air.
Kilbirnie Loch used to be bigger than it's current size, land Infill operations have completely destroyed these Crannog remains, and this area of the loch now lies under an industrial estate.
For more information : Canmore ID 42219
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