July
24
/ 2020
Researchers have found an unusual but especially important discovery in a Scottish lake: an ancient butter dish, made of wood, that has miraculously survived in water, for over two millennia. This unique ancient butter dish is providing new insights into the people who once lived on the shores of Scotland’s lakes two thousand years ago during the Iron Age. The find was made in Loch Tay, near Perth in central Scotland. Once according to STV ‘at least 17 crannogs, or Iron Age wooden houses, once stood’ on the shores of the lake. Crannogs were artificial islands where people lived. They were once common in Scotland and Ireland. The first known example of a crannog in Scotland dates from about 3500
