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The Scottish Crannog Centre at Kenmore
The Scottish Crannog Centre at Kenmore, Perth and Kinross is a great day out for the family. Crannogs were built on Scottish Lochs and Irish Loughs between 5,000 to 2,500 years. They were high status dwellings at a time when the main trade highways throufgh heavily wooded terrain was vie lochs and connecting rivers. The Crannog Centre was built based on discoveries at one of the 18 crannogs that have been found on Loch Tay. You can sit in a reconstruction of a crannog and imagine what life was like in the Bronze Age and Iron Age. This is followed by demonstrations of primitive lathes, holes drilled by bow drill and fire-making by bow and drill. It really is a great visit for the family.
By the way these really are remarkable structures. During the big storms that raged across much of Scotland in January, they had gusts of 80-90 mph. They lost part of the walkway and a small area of thatching, but the structure generally stayed intact. Nearby houses on shore suffered much more damage. The crannog roof is pitched at an angle of 50 degrees and the snow just sloughs off it.
The Scottish Crannog Centre at Kenmore
The Scottish Crannog Centre at Kenmore, Perth and Kinross is a great day out for the family. Crannogs were built on Scottish Lochs and Irish Loughs between 5,000 to 2,500 years. They were high status dwellings at a time when the main trade highways throufgh heavily wooded terrain was vie lochs and connecting rivers. The Crannog Centre was built based on discoveries at one of the 18 crannogs that have been found on Loch Tay. You can sit in a reconstruction of a crannog and imagine what life was like in the Bronze Age and Iron Age. This is followed by demonstrations of primitive lathes, holes drilled by bow drill and fire-making by bow and drill. It really is a great visit for the family.
By the way these really are remarkable structures. During the big storms that raged across much of Scotland in January, they had gusts of 80-90 mph. They lost part of the walkway and a small area of thatching, but the structure generally stayed intact. Nearby houses on shore suffered much more damage. The crannog roof is pitched at an angle of 50 degrees and the snow just sloughs off it.