Do you ever wonder how people lived 2500 years ago? Do you ever wish you could travel back in time and walk among your ancestors? Now you can! The Scottish Crannog Centre is a museum situated on the banks of Loch Tay. At the Crannog Centre they interpret the lives of Crannog Dwellers…
It is an open-air museum, complete with a life-size reconstruction of a crannog roundhouse, where visitors can come and experience an interactive journey into the lives of crannog dwellers 2,500 years ago.
Your visit to The Scottish Crannog Centre includes a guided tour of our museum and artefacts as well as interactive demonstrations of ancient crafts and technologies. Our team of enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and friendly Iron Age Interpreters will guide you through the Crannog story, giving you a glimpse into pre-historic life, and showing you the skills and lives of folk 2,500 years ago in our newly built Iron Age Village.
Visitors can expect to travel back in time to Prehistoric Scotland, where they will be guided by our Iron Age Interpreters and find out all about how crannogs were built, who lived in them and what they did on a day-to-day basis. They can see a collection of unique artefacts, get a tour of the crannog roundhouse, plus be involved with demonstrations of ancient technologies, such as woodturning and weaving.
Dog friendly
You can now visit with your furry family members as it’s a dog-friendly site 🐾
Accessibility
They aim to be as accessible to as many people as possible. Most of the site is on one level, with ramps to the museum, cafe, shop, and toilets suitable for mobility scooters and wheelchair users. For visitors with a visual impairment, they operate a spoken tour with a handling collection and many hands-on activities outside, that are optional for those with sensory and stimulatory concerns. They also provide English tour sheets and have activity sheets upon request for younger visitors.
