A new interpretation board has been installed at Colvend telling the story of the Barean Crannog.
The ancient Celtic dwelling was discovered in Barean Loch during drainage work in 1865.
Occupied sometime between 190BC and 670AD, the crannog once comprised a circle of giant oak piles surrounding a wooden floor built on a base of stones 32 metres in diameter.
The wooden home, which is thought to have had a cone-shaped thatched roof, was only accessible by boat from the shore.
Various artefacts were found during excavations of the crannog, including two Roman soldiers’ cooking pots, dating to the first or second century AD.
The Barean Crannog sign is on the public core path which runs past the loch.
Colvend and Southwick Community Council vice chairman Simon Pain said: “The new sign looks pretty good and is already attracting interest.”
