Loch Drumellie, Crannog
Crannog (Period Unknown)
Site Name Loch Drumellie, Crannog
Classification Crannog (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Perthshire Crannog Survey
Canmore ID 273930
Site Number NO14SW 141
NGR NO 14105 44122
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273930
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Clunie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO14SW 141 141 442
In 2004, a new initiative was set up to examine crannogs in Perthshire. The county has a wide range of geological conditions and the difference in types of lochs reflects this. Some are shallow with farmland and natural woodlands while others are deeper, often with more barren surroundings. The range is likely to produce crannogs of different forms and possibly different functions. The surviving Pont manuscript maps (1580s-90s) and the Blaeu atlas (1654) show many thousands of settlements, including loch dwellings. The work in the summer of 2004 involved surveying a series of these islands and, where possible, collecting samples for dating evidence. The results produced a range of dates from the Early Iron Age up to the recent past. All the dates quoted are preliminary and so, at present, have no laboratory number.
NO 141 442 Loch Drumellie. Loch Drumellie lies along the Lunan Burn to the E of Loch Clunie. It is about the same size as Clunie, and Pont's map shows a building. The island is substantially earth-covered, with alignments of stones running out from the edge. The only timbers noted were an oak pile and a small alder pile beside it. The oak was sampled and gave a date of 1560 BP (AD 390), which is surprising as both timbers were in shallow water close to the surface. The lands of Drumellie and Cluny were the property of Robert Creichton in the late 16th century.
Sponsors: Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust, Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology, Mr Halliwell, Tom Coope, Mr Brian Souter, Drummond Estates, Mr Orrock.
N Dixon and M Shelley 2004