Monument record 13580 - SOUTH BAGHASDAL, LOCH AN EILEAN

NF71NW 28 7463 1688

NF 7462 1688 Loch an Eilean, South Baghasdal. Artificial or modified island, or 'low cairn crannog': a shelf of stones approximately 10m in diameter, mostly under the present water line, which drops off at roughly 45° into the loch bed. A 2-3m diameter mound of stones survives in the centre of this platform above the water level. Mostly this is a loose conglomeration of stones, though it is possible that the centre is a denuded stretch of walling.
Sponsors: Universities of Glasgow and Sheffield, King Alfred's College.
J A Raven and M Shelley 2003

REPORT DATE: 21/02/2005

The islet is comprised of portable stones supported by larger stones and appears to be artificial, although the base of the structure was not visible due to heavy silting .One undecorated, possibly medieval, pottery sherd was recovered from within the submerged stones and historic materials (glass bottles, a wooden barrel, single roundwood) were observed. C14 dates returned a Medieval date from the submitted finds. This islet has further prehistoric potentail.
Blankshein.S et al (2022).

Stephanie Blankshein, Angela Gannon, Duncan Garrow, Fraser Sturt, 2022, UIST CRANNOG SURVEY (Monograph). SWE41375.

Stephanie Blankshein, Angela Gannon, Duncan Garrow, Fraser Sturt, 2022, UIST CRANNOG SURVEY (Monograph). SWE41375.