What is recorded here
Cherry Island, also called Bone Island, rises from Drumgay Lough in Conerick as an ancient crannog, its submerged timbers and earthworks waiting beneath the water. The name itself hints at the strange birth of the place, a cherry or a bone caught in the mind of whoever first named it. People may have lived there in seasonal cabins, reading the lough's moods through reeds and light.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG IN DRUMGAY LOUGH: CHERRY or BONE ISLAND. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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
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