What is recorded here

Crannog in Garfiny is a submerged lake dwelling in County Cavan, Ireland. Garfiny Lough holds a triangular cairn, black clay, burnt bone fragments and three wooden piles, while the end of a morainic ridge now touches land instead of open water. The lake may have swallowed the entrance, pulled the doorway beneath its surface and left the kitchen floor exposed for birds and rain.

Situated in Garfiny Lough. Davies (NMI Survey 1941) described a roughly triangular cairn (H 1m; dims. 13.7m x 9m) located at the end of a morainic ridge, now adjoining the land. Black clay containing fragments of burnt bone were identified on the cairn and three piles projecting from the water on its W side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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