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Crannog in Lough Gara

Crannog

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Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the most northerly of a group of four crannogs in a wet meadow bordering the lough. The small knoll is slightly drier than the surrounding meadow and overgrown with grasses and some sally bushes.
In a wet meadow, bordering Lough Gara. A small knoll, slightly drier than the surrounding meadow and overgrown with grasses and some sally bushes. This is the most northerly of a group of four crannogs (SL044-070----; SL044-071----; SL044-072----). (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILF 004) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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