Eriska Crannóg
The Eriska crannóg (also called Barr Mor crannóg) is between the mainland and the now connected by a bridge tidal island Eriska in Loch Creran north of Benderloch in Oban in Argyll and Bute in Scotland .
The Crannóg is located below the high water mark on the south bank of Eriska. Today it is an algae-covered hill about 20.0 m in diameter and less than 1.0 m high. Its center is disfigured by a partially filled trench connected to an unfinished excavation by Robert Munro (1835–1920) in 1884. The excavation showed that the Crannóg was a round wooden structure with a diameter of about 18.3 m, which consisted mainly of horizontal, radially arranged beams. The edge was defined by a palisade . A 0.9 m thick layer of stone and clay was superimposed, from which ash, charcoal and some burnt animal bones, but no artifacts, originate. There is no evidence that the Crannóg was connected to the island.
literature
- Alex GC Hale: Focal study: Seeing the unseen: locating marine crannogs In: Tom Dawson: Coastal archeology and erosion in Scotland. Edinburgh. 2003isbn = ISBN 1 903570 62 X ,
- RCAHMS The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments : Vol. 2: Lorn. Edinburgh 1975 p. 93,
Web links
- Description Engl. and picture
- Entry on Eriska Crannóg in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 31'35.5 " N , 5 ° 24'51.1" W.