CRANNOG in Castlewellan Lake in Clarkill — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Crannog in Castlewellan Lake is an artificial island in County Down, Ireland. The official record preserves the site without inventing a date, owner or event. Water, reed and memory have done the rest, shaping a small island where human hands may have gathered life away from the ordinary shore.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG in Castlewellan Lake. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

A crannog, likely constructed during the Early Christian period, representing an important example of prehistoric water-based settlement in Northern Ireland.

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