What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a circular Early Iron Age platform measuring 14 metres north-south, 11 metres east-west and rising 1 metre above the lake bed. Layers of angular boulders and flagstones rest on large horizontal beams and grey sand, with vertical posts throughout and along the edges. It is the westernmost of four crannogs in the same bay on the north side of the Ross peninsula.

In Lough Gara, on the N side of the Ross peninsula. A circular low-cairn crannog (14m N-S; 11m E-W; H 1m above the lake-bed) consisting of layers of angular boulders and flagstones sitting on large horizontal beams and grey sand. There are vertical posts throughout the site and along the edges. This crannog has been dated to the Early Iron Age (Fredengren 2002, 94). This is the westernmost of a group of four crannogs (SL047-056----; SL047-056001-; SL047-057----) in the same bay. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2000c, 26-7; 2002, KILA 046) 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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