The Castle of Leys (3)
At the end of the 18th century 'ruins of houses and of an oven' were recorded here on the crannog.  When the Loch was drained in 1850 for land improvement purposes, a millstone was found on the crannog, as well as five bronze vessels of medieval date; two dugout canoes; some coins, and part of a red deer skeleton (described as being 'of immense dimensions'), on the bed of the loch.  The coins were subsequently lost because, as Sir James Burnett wrote, one of the workmen ran off with them!
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