Name:	Loch Awe Crannogs
	Type:	Crannog/Island Dwelling
	NGR:	NM 889048 NM 902044 NM 889039 NM 882039

	Description
	Twenty crannogs, or artificial islands, are situated in Loch Awe and these four lie at the southern end. The largest is built on one end of a submerged spine of rock and measures 37m by 27m. This crannog, and another with a stone causeway, are usually visible above the water level.Underwater survey in 1972 revealed worked timbers and a rotary and saddle quern. Some wood was radiocarbon dated to 370bc ± 45
	This crannog now appears as a pile of rocks colonised by vegetation. It would have originally been a round stilted building, elevated on timber piles with a thatched roof, designed to be accessed by canoe or currach. Nowadays, boats can be hired from Ford Hotel, or in the summer one can easily swim out.
	Excavation Details
	Underwater survey carried out in 1972. Finds: - a rotary and a saddle quern - worked timbers noted
	Access / Ownership
	This site is on private land and permission should be sought.
	Published References
	RCAHMS Argyll vol. 6 no. 352 Hardy, McArdle and Miles "A Report on the Survey of Loch Awe for Evidence of Lake Dwellings", Naval Air Command Sub-Aqua Club, 1973 Kist, 5 (1973), 2-11 Inventory of Argyll, 2, no.198 PSAS, 47 (1912-13), 289 PSAS 95 (1960-1) p61 no. 395 Campbell & Sandeman, 61, no.395 and no.396 International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 10.4 (1981), 347-9 Morrison "Landscape with Lake Dwellings" (1985), 64
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