Scheduled Monument

Loch Migdale, crannog 300m ESE of LochendSM10917

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
02/02/2004
Supplementary Information Updated
14/11/2017
Type
Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog
Local Authority
Highland
Parish
Creich (Highland)
NGR
NH 62596 91589
Coordinates
262596, 891589

Description

The monument is a crannog, an artificially created or enlarged islet which would have carried a defensive dwelling, close to the W end of Loch Migdale.

The crannog is visible above the usual water level as a stony mound about 20m in diameter. Its top lies about 2m high above the local bed of the loch and about 0.3m or 0.4m of the carnnog usually shows above the water. No trace of a causeway is visible in the shallow area between the islet and the nearby shore. The crannog is most probably of late prehistoric date, although subsequent re-use into post-medieval times is not unlikely, and a tradition of occupation until AD 1630 is recorded.

The area to be scheduled is a circle 45m in diameter, centred on the centre of the islet. This includes the whole of the mound and an area of the surrounding loch bed, in which evidence relating to the crannog's construction and occupation is likely to survive. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as a good field example of a crannog, an artificially created or enhanced island. It has the potential to provide important information, through scientific examination, regarding prehistoric and medieval defensive architecture, domestic economy and contemporary land-use. This potential is enhanced by the high likelihood of well-preserved organic remains in this waterlogged location.

References

Bibliography

The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NH69SW 39.

References:

RCAHMS 1911a, SECOND REPORT AND INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF SUTHERLAND, Edinburgh.

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