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Latitude: 56.0778 / 56°4'40"N
Longitude: -4.5492 / 4°32'57"W
OS Eastings: 241443
OS Northings: 690153
OS Grid: NS414901
Mapcode National: GBR 0M.P3Z1
Mapcode Global: WH3MZ.2HZJ
Entry Name: Loch Lomond, crannog, The Kitchen
Scheduled Date: 9 January 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6999
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog
Location: Buchanan
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument comprises the remains of a crannog, or lake dwelling, of prehistoric date.
The monument lies in Loch Lomond some 50m NE of the N tip of Clairinsch. It comprises a large mound of boulders, some 18m E-W by at least 7m in recorded extent. The mound is on occasion totally submerged, but normally shows just above water level. Such mounds are characteristic of the upper layers of artificial prehistoric, and occasionally medieval, islet dwellings known as crannogs.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible and submerged remains and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 60m as marked in red on the accompanying map extract, and includes a portion of the bed of the loch.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. It may be expected to contain waterlogged organic material, such as wood and also leather and other animal remains, that would not normally survive on dry sites.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS 49 SW 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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