Two thousand year old timbers which once formed part of a Crannog on the foreshore at Erskine near Glasgow. This was one of a series of small communities built on man-made islands constructed from rocks, wood and soil which once dotted the Upper Clyde Estuary. The remains of at least three are still visible to this day.

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Looking past the remains of a 2,000 year old Crannog on the foreshore of the Clyde at Erskine. This is part of an ancient landscape surrounding the Clyde which includes iron age hill forts, dark age religious settlements, Roman fortifications, Viking burials, ancient castles and neolithic rock carvings.

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The recreated crannog on Loch Tay, at the amazing Scottish Crannog Centre near Kenmore in Perthshire. It has since been sadly destroyed but has been replaced nearby. This is a type of dwelling that 2,500 years ago would have been a common sight across Scotland and Ireland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kenmore/crannogcentre/index.html

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Delighted to see the Crannog centre return after the davastating fire of a few years back https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-68661012

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A #crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
Unlike the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, which were built on the shores and not inundated until later, crannogs were built in the water, thus forming artificial islands.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crannog#/media/File%3ACrannog_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1049899.jpg

The remains of an Iron Age Crannog, dating from around 2,000 years ago, on the foreshore of the Clyde just below the Erskine Bridge, which was opened in 1971. Crannogs consisted of a round house constructed on a manmade island in lochs, marshes or intertidal zones. In this case, a circle.of wooden posts were sunk into the sand and the internal space was filled with rocks abd silt to create the base on which the house was then be built.

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The remains of Dumbuck Crannog on the foreshore of the Clyde near Dumbarton Castle.

Crannogs were man-made islands with a house on them which were connected to the shore by a causeway. The first crannogs appeared Scotland and Ireland around 2,500 years ago, but the Dumbuck Crannog is thought to date from around 2,000 years ago.

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The #reindeer was looking a little wooden but then it was very cold out on the #Crannog at #WWTCastleEspie 🥶

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