Crannog

The National Monuments Service's description

This crannóg was described by O'Sullivan (2004, 71) as following; 'Located on a sloping (to SW) foreshore strewn with boulders and beach-rolled stones. The nearest archaeological site (Kiltoom 2 WM007-111----) is a small, low-cairn crannóg, 60m to the NW. The modern lakeshore is 4m to SW, winter lake-edge 1m to NE, probable pre-drainage lake-edge is 6-8m to NE. The cairn is overlooked by gradually rising ground directly to the E, which crests at a ridge about 80m to the NE. The site has extensive views to the NW, W and SW across the lake, and also to nearby crannóga (WM007-111-/112-/113-/114-/115-) to the NW along the shore. The modern fence line is c.70m to the south. This is a small circular cairn of stone on the lakeshore. It is essentially an undefined cairn of fist-sized pebbles, stones and larger boulders. It appears to have been disturbed in modern times, possibly to obtain building stone for a nearby wall. There is a well-repaired, duck-hide wall in the east sector, with plastic bottles scattered around its surface. It is overgrown with brambles and shrubs. There are three closely spaced mounds of stone, earth and modern rubbish (metal and plastic), possibly a dump or field-clearance cairn, 65m to the S (5m N of fence)'. (O'Sullivan et. al. 2007, 122-3)

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan.

Date of upload: 6 March 2017

References

O'Sullivan, A. 2004 The social and ideological roles of crannogs in early medieval Ireland. Unpublished PhD thesis. Department of History, NUI Maynooth.

O'Sullivan, A., Sands, R. and Kelly, E.P. 2007 Coolure Demesne crannog, Lough Derravarragh, Co. Westmeath: a crannog and its landscapes. Bray. Wordwell.