page_title: Lochspouts
section_title: The Crannog
hierarchical_section_title: Lochspouts / The Crannog
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the west side of Lochspouts Loch, Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
context_page_description: Lochspouts Loch or Lochspouts was situated in a hollow, surrounded by hilly ground on three sides and bounded by a narrow trap dyke to the north. The land was once held by the Ferguson family of Kilkerran and lies in the Parish of Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch became a reservoir in the 19th century.
context_section_description: As stated, sometime prior to 1879 the water level was lowered and a crannog was exposed within the loch that was now reduced to around two acres only. Dr R. Munro partly excavated the site in 1880 and it was shown to be of wood, around 95 ft in internal diameter, with a raised walkway running to the shore. Mainly Roman-Iron Age date finds were discovered, along with some Medieval pottery and other artifacts. All the items found were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (Acc Nos: HW 1-41), including Roman finds such as a melon bead, fragments of 2nd century Samian pottery, Romano-Celtic bronze dress-fasteners and possibly iron; other artifacts were made of stone, bone, deer horn, jet, and bronze.
  Logboat
  About 1875 a logboat was found by Macfadzean during drainage operations on Lochspouts Farm. The boat does not survive and the exact location of the discovery and its relationship to the better-known Lochspouts crannog were not recorded.
caption: The site of the loch and crannog in 1882
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