Crane Island, crannog in County Leitrim

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Close to the N shore of a bay (dims c. 150m N-S; c. 130m E-W) on the E shore of the central part of Lough Rinn (dims c. 3.8km N-S; c. 200-400m E-W). This may be the site close to which an O'Conor king was killed by an arrow in 1345 (ALC vol. 1, 647-9). The island is depicted on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 22), and it is described as ‘Crane Island’ on later OS maps. In 1847, when the lake levels were lowered, two dug-out canoes and a manacle were found at a crannog, probably this one, and a bronze arrow and spearhead were found in the vicinity of the same site (Wood-Martin 1886, 242). The crannog is an overgrown circular cairn of stones (diam. of base 26m; diam. of top 15m; H 2m) with timber beams radiating outwards from the base.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE036-008

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