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Once a way of Welsh water life

Submitted by PaulM on Tuesday, 29 June 2004  Page Views: 616

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Crannogs are a type of ancient loch-dwelling found throughout Scotland and Ireland, and the one at Llangorse Lake is the only one in Wales. Throughout their long history crannogs served as farmers' homesteads, status symbols, refuges in times of trouble, hunting and fishing stations, and even holiday residences.

Many crannogs were built out in the water as defensive homesteads and represented symbols of power and wealth.

Most crannogs are circular structures that seem to have been built as individual homes to accommodate extended families.

Other types of loch settlements are also found in Scandinavian countries and throughout continental Europe.

Crannogs are also known as artificial or modified natural islands and they were as much a product of their environment as the period in which they were constructed.

The earliest loch-dwelling in Scotland is some 5,000 years old but people built, modified, and re-used crannogs in Scotland up until the 17th century.

Prehistoric crannogs were originally timber-built roundhouses supported on piles or stilts driven into the lochbed.

Earlier this year archaeologists from Cardiff University analysed corgi bones found at the crannog at Llangorse Lake and experts believe it was once the royal residence for the Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog, dating from around 890AD. Source: iCWales 29 June 2004
Contributor Bio for PaulM: Based in Macclesfield, contributing since 2002. Favourite site: Hordron Edge. Occupation: Something in waste and recycling.

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