MHG931 - Crannog - Loch Calder ('Big Island')
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CRANNOG (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Big Island (NAT) Cairn (NAT) OS 6"map, (1959)
There is a hut circle on possibly artificial island in Loch Calder, which is said to have been a robber's dwelling about 1600.
F O Blundell 1913; Name Book 1872.
Big Island is now almost completely submerged apart from a small pile of stones about 4m in diameter, showing above water. No boat available for close examination.
Visited by OS (R D) 3 November 1964 and (I S S) 16 March 1972.
Loch Calder is now a reservoir and the water level has been raised. Though level was relatively low at the time of investigation, island was submerged. Loch Calder is 4m above the 1906 level.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 September 1981.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG3372 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 4, 39.
- --- SHG829 Text/Publication/Article: Blundell, F O. 1913. Further notes on the artificial islands in the Highland area (Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 47 1912-13, p.257-302). Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 47. 257-302. 285.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0661 6019 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND06SE |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/7906 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
- https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.047.257.302 (View PSAS Vol. 47 (1913) article online on the SocAnts website)
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