Loch Arthur dugout canoe
The dugout canoe from Loch Arthur (also called Loch Arthur 1, Loch Lotus or Lotus Loch) was found in 1874 when the water level was low on the south bank of the lake, near Kissock, southwest of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland . Consisting of oak -built dugout is about 13.7 meters long and up to 1.5 meters wide. On the opposite side of the 300 to 400 meter wide hole is a crannóg .
The dugout canoe was damaged during recovery. The half of the bow, including a decorative animal head, was given to the Museum of Scotland . The surviving part of the sawed-up boat is 6.34 m long. The tail section and a paddle came to the Dumfries Museum and were lost there. The paddle was about 50mm in diameter and the end was decorated. The dugout canoe was built on 100 BC. Dated to A.D. 80.
The rear end, formed from a bar, was placed in a groove about 38 mm wide. At the end of the starboard side there were seven holes about 76 mm in diameter spaced about 1.5 m apart. The bottom of the boat was pierced with three irregular holes.
The starboard side survives to a height of 0.43 m. The remains did not suffer much from the split, but show strong faults. The bow of the boat has an unusual shape that ended in an extension that resembled the elongated neck and head of an animal. The hole that formed the “eye” had a diameter of about 127 mm and is probably intended for a line or rope. This feature has also been observed in the dugout canoes "Errol 2" and "Loch of Kinnordy". The pointed bow is notable for its internal gradation, which was probably left as a reinforcement. This has no Scottish parallels, but can be found on three boats from Holme Pierrepont, in Nottingham, England , one of which dates from 230 to 110 BC. Was dated.
Three bronze grapes had previously been found in the lake .
See also
literature
- Robert Munro: Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs: with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England 1882
- Nicholas Dixon: The history of crannog survey and excavation in Scotland 2007
- Ian Morrison: Landscape with lake dwellings: the crannogs of Scotland Edinburgh University Press 1986 ISBN 085224522X
- Robert JC Mowat: The logboats of Scotland, with notes on related artefact types , Oxbow Monograph series, No. 68. Oxford. 1996, pp. 78-9
Web links
- Entry on dugout canoe from Loch Arthur in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database