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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Milton Loch Central Alternative Name: Milton Loch 3Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Dumfries Nearest Village: Crocketford
Map Ref: NX83947149
Latitude: 55.024358N Longitude: 3.817014W
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| 5 | Perfect |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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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 |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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markj99 visited on 22nd Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Directions to Green Island, Milton Loch: Take the Park of Brandedleys turn off the A75 on the SW edge of Crocketford. Follow the road for c. 0.8 mile to Auchengibbert Farm. Bear left to Kirkgunzeon for c. 0.2 mile to a passing place on the left. Park up and follow a vague path along the margin of the field to the W bank of Milton Loch. My route is viewable on Milton Loch Crannogs.
Milton Loch Central Crannog is located centrally in Milton Loch c. 1 mile SE of Crocketford in Dumfries and Galloway. According to Canmore ID 72519 the island was identified as a crannog by an underwater examination in 1989. It was constructed using wooden piles and transverse timbers laid on a bed of boulders set on a natural outcrop. The crannog measures c. 20 metres across above the water level, sloping away to c. 30 metres in diameter at a depth of c. 3 metres. Wooden samples taken from the crannog have been dated to c. 480 AD.
The crannog is prominent in the middle of Milton Loch, a low circular island covered by mature trees. According to Canmore ID 72521 an island lying c. 110 metres W of the crannog was examined in 2002. The island was found to be a natural outcrop.
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