Crannog

The National Monuments Service's description

In a wet meadow, on the shore of Lough Gara in a secluded bay, surrounded by drumlins. The top of the crannog is very overgrown with shrubs and trees, while the edges are clearer. This is a high-cairn crannog (21.1m N-S; 18.4m E-W; max. H 2.49m above the meadow), the surface of which consists of loosely packed subangular stones (diam. c. 0.4m) on top of shattered fire-cracked stones mixed with animal bones. The eastern (landward) edge drops distinctly to the water meadow while the W edge slopes gradually down towards open water. The E portion is grass-covered with very few stones exposed, while the S portion consists of a denser concentration of loose stones. A grass-covered mid-cairn or plateau (6m N-S, 5.6m E-W) lies to the SE of the centre, surrounded by a plateau that is more pronounced at S (Wth 3.5m) while barely discernible at E. To N is a ramp that seems to lead from the N part of the berm up to the plateau in a W direction. The berm has a somewhat irregular form. The plateau is wider towards the lake. One of a group of six possible crannogs (SL047-016----; SL047-018001-; SL047-018002-; SL047-018003-; SL047-018004-; SL047-018006-) and three crannogs (SL047-015----; SL047-018005-) in this bay. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 009)

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

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 212/1955).