Crannog

The National Monuments Service's description

On the E shore of Lough Gara, in a secluded bay near the outflow of Lough Gara into the Boyle River. The bay has silted up and the crannog is now on dry land, in a stony meadow beside a substantial drainage ditch. The vegetation consists of bushes and meadow grass. The low-cairn crannog (11.3m N-S; 16.2m E-W; H 0.97m above the meadow), the centre of which consists of an oval plateau (5m N-S; 6.6m E-W), is overgrown with low grass and some small shrubs. The surface is even and only occasional stones protrude. The plateau is surrounded by an edge that slopes sharply to the N, W and E, while to SE there seems to be a berm (Wth c. 2-2.4m) tapering to W. The edges have a number of boulders and stones protruding, possibly forming a line of stones to the N. There is a small collection of stones outside the plateau at E. A lacustrine enclosure (SL045-016----) and another crannog (SL045-008----) are c. 250m to NW and WSW, respectively. (Fredengren 2002, BOYL 079)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).

Date of upload: 18 January 2008