What is recorded here

Crannog in Annagh (inchiquin By.) is a submerged island off the southwest coast of Clare, hidden beneath Lough Atedaun except during rare droughts. In 1972, Fr. Thomas MacNamara walked across the exposed lakebed and found two stone mounds, one near each end of the water. Prof. Etienne Rynne measured the nearer mound at thirteen and a half metres long, barely taller than a man, surrounded by swamp. The lake has taken back most of what the drought revealed, keeping the crannog alive only in memory and map.

Near the SW shore of Lough Atedaun. This crannog, and another (CL017-121----), situated at the opposite end of the lake, c. 670m to the NE, were discovered by Fr. Thomas MacNamara in the summer of 1972, a very dry period when the lake level was exceptionally low. The finding was reported to Prof. Etienne Rynne of University College, Galway, who visited the site in October 1972. Rynne (1981, 93) described this crannog as a suboval mound (13.5m NW-SE; 9.5m NE-SW; H 1.2m) of stones, surrounded by swampy ground. Subsequent satellite imagery (e.g., MapGenie 2013-18) shows the crannog to be periodically flooded when the lake level rises. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 29-10-2025

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