Crannog

The National Monuments Service's description

This crannóg was listed as Kiltoom 3 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 72-3) as following; 'The
modern lake edge is 7m to SW, winter lake-edge 2-3m to NE, probable pre-drainage lake edge
is 10m to NE. The nearest archaeological site (WM007-111----) is a small, low-cairn crannog, 55m to the S, with the rest of the complex of crannóga at Kiltoom further to the NW. This is a small, circular, low-cairn crannóg (dims. 12m N-S x 14m E-W; H 1m). Although grassed over, some eroded or disturbed areas reveal its structure. The cairn was constructed of closely-packed, water-rolled stones (L 30-15cm; Wth 0-15cm; T 10-15cm). A kerb is visible from S, to SW to W sides. This is constructed of small boulders (L 40cm; Wth 30cm; T 15cm) laid on their width surfaces across the lower cairn of stones. The cairn has been substantially disturbed by modern digging and the cairn has been denuded along SW and W sides. A large depression is located in the SE sector (5m NW-SE, 10cm in depth), which exposes the lower cairn material, with its small stones. A line of closely spaced boulders 3m in length, 50cm in height along its SW side may be the remains of a duck-hide'. (O'Sullivan et. al. 2007, 123-4)

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

Date of upload: 6 March 2017

References

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

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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