What is recorded here
CRANNOG? in Hunshigo Lake in Lackan, County Down. Crannog is a water island, often made, where people lived beside birds and reeds. The name hunshigo may be a changed local word, but the place remains a small island in a lake, not a distant myth.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG? in Hunshigo Lake. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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