The first picture shows the entrance of a wooden roundhouse, positioned as if the viewer were walking on the bridge leading to the doorway. The second image is of a small island in a loch, with a manmade land bridge leading to it.
The first picture shows the entrance of a wooden roundhouse, positioned as if the viewer were walking on the bridge leading to the doorway. The second image is of a small island in a loch, with a manmade land bridge leading to it.
#Crannogs were built as stone or wooden islands in lochs & bogs. Most date to the Late Bronze Age & Iron Age, but the earliest example, Eilean Dòmhnuill, is Neolithic!
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1) Replica crannog ©Carol Walker, CC
2) Eilean Dòmhnuill ©Richard Law, CC
#ancientScotland #BronzeAge #Neolithic #IronAge
