What is recorded here
Crannog is a man-made island, often built with brushwood, soil and stone, where people lived above wet ground. Ballyrolly may have hidden one beneath water, grass or memory. The name preserves the shape even when the island has vanished.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG?. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
ENCLOSURE in CargaghENCLOSURE · 1578 yd
AP CropmarkAP Cropmark, Possible enclosure (rath?) · 1.0 mi
CRANNOG?: MCCRORY'S CASTLE in MagheralaganCRANNOG?: MCCRORY'S CASTLE · 1.5 mi
CASTLE: BONECASTLE in BonecastleCASTLE: BONECASTLE · 1.7 mi
Hollymount ForestWood · 1.8 mi
Lake HouseHouse · 1.9 mi
Clough Non-Subscribing Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1.9 mi
Seaforde Woodland WalkWalking route · 2.1 mi
Man-made underground passageCave · 2.6 mi
Loughinisland ChurchesVisitor information · 2.8 mi
Loughinisland massacremassacre · 3.1 mi
Mourne Coastal Route: Dundrum Main StreetVisitor information · 3.2 mi