Stories from the Crannog: Getting ready for Opening
April 18, 2024
Chris Bowers Mr. Michael Benson, Museum Director of the Scottish Crannog Centre at Loch Tay, has asked me to write some word regards my
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A Story Growing from Traces
April 6, 2024
Hyab Yohannes and Pinar Aksu We first visited the Scottish Crannog Centre (the Centre hereafter) two years ago, and since then, our connection to it
Canny Coppicing
March 14, 2023
Canny Coppicing A branch slowly sprouts, growing strong and flexible, the first of many more to come… A major component of the Iron Age Roundhouse
Building Blocks
January 30, 2023
Building Blocks Leaves start to stretch, reaching out to the sun, the little tree starts to grow… As we begin to grow into our new
Water, Water Everywhere
January 23, 2023
Water, Water Everywhere The roots delve deeper, feeling the cool touch of water, drinking eagerly… On the shores of Loch Tay, in the Highlands of
Firm Foundations
October 26, 2022
Firm Foundations The seed sprouts roots, moving slowly through the soil anchoring itself in its new home. Before we start building at Dalerb, we first
A Place to Grow
October 12, 2022
A Place to Grow The seed falls from the tree, caught by the wind it drifts across the loch, resting gently on fresh ground. Dalerb.
‘That’s an awful lot of reed…’
October 4, 2022
‘That’s an awful lot of reed…’ 28 tonnes (28,000 kg) of reed was recently delivered to our soon to be new home at Dalerb. The
Building a Crannog
April 15, 2022
It is with a very heavy heart that the Scottish Crannog Centre Trust has to report the devastating news that the iconic reconstruction of an
Drowned Forest in Loch Tay
April 15, 2022
One of the Centre’s diver-led surveys in Loch Tay carried out for the National Trust for Scotland’s Ben Lawers Historic Landscape Project resulted in the
