The search continues
A detailed picture of Iron Age life has been created there by the workers on the site, but there is still so much more to be discovered, as the major part of the site still awaits excavation and recording. Many questions still remain, but the team decided there was one way to answer at least one of them.
They realised that the only way to understand how our ancestors managed to build these commanding but enigmatic structures was to reconstruct one themselves - how they succeeded is told in the companion article to this one, 'Reconstructing Oakbank Crannog' (see it via the History Trail links column, right).
About the author
Barrie Andrian is a professional underwater archaeologist and Managing Director of the Scottish Crannog Centre where she co-directed the first-ever timber-piled crannog reconstruction. Barrie co-founded the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology and is a director of the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology. Between 1978 and 1987 she was involved with many shipwreck archaeological projects including the Mary Rose and HMS Invincible off the south coast of England.
Published: 2005-01-25
