Bush Island, crannog in County Cavan

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

An almost circular tree-and-grass-covered island (diam. c. 16m) in Lough Tacker, c. 160m from the shoreline. Known in the locality as an antiquity.

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