crannogs

There are the remains or sites of 18 crannogs in Loch Tay, so it must have been a bit of a busy place back then!

Photos? Spinningfishwife 2007

There are the remains or sites of 18 crannogs in Loch Tay, so it must have been a bit of a busy place back then!

Archive 2007-08-01 Spinningfishwife 2007

Some _crannogs_ appear to have been veritable islands, the only means of communication with the land being canoes.

The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales Edmund Leamy

Nobody, it is admitted, forged _them_, but on the other hand Dr. Munro, the one most learned authority on "Lake Dwellings," or "Crannogs," does not think that the sites were ever occupied by regular "crannogs," or lacustrine settlements, Lake Dwellings.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

Several authentic stone crannogs in Scotland, as to which we have information, possessed no central pole, but had a stone causeway, still extant, leading, _e. g._ from the crannog to the shore of the Ashgrove loch, "a causeway of rough blocks of sandstone slabs." {47b} If one stone crannog had a stone causeway, why should this ancient inhabited cairn or round tower not possess a stone causeway?

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

In the lochs, natural islands, or artificial islets made of piles (crannogs), afforded standing-ground and protection to villages, if indeed these lake - dwellings are earlier in Scotland than the age of war that followed the withdrawal of the Romans.

A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878

In the Scottish crannogs, admirably described by Dr. Munro, in his _Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings_, were found implements of flint, a polished stone axe-head, an iron knife at the same lowest level, finger rings of gold, a forged English coin of the sixth or seventh century

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

This binding together of the wooden structures is a well-known feature in crannogs, as was demonstrated by my investigations at Lochlee and elsewhere. {28a} It would be still more necessary in a substratum of timbers that was intended (as will be afterwards explained) to bear the weight of a superincumbent cairn.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

A.D., well-equipped canoes (a common attendant of crannogs), the greater part of a stone inscribed with concentric circles, a cupped stone, and a large quartz crystal of the kind which Apaches in North America, and the

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

Thus, after Mr. Donnelly found a submarine structure at Dumbuck in the estuary of the Clyde, Dr. Munro writes: "I sent Mr. Donnelly some literature on crannogs." {13a} So Mr. Donnelly, it appears, had little book lore as to crannogs.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878