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of the lake with some timbers being exposed. Like the other two crannogs, the timbers had been degraded by microorganisms. Using carbon dating, the site was dated to the late 5th century AD. Dixon also noted another site on the same outcrop, named "Milton Loch 4". Suspected again to be a crannog, it
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163:55°01′30″N
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