What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture below the old shoreline on the north shore of Ross townland. The low irregular mound measures 9.4 metres north to south and 9.9 metres east to west, rising 0.82 metre above the meadow. Angular stones 0.2 to 0.3 metre across protrude through the grass.

In pasture, below the old shoreline of Lough Gara, on the N shore of Ross townland. A low irregular cairn (9.4m N-S; 9.9m E-W; H 0.82m above the surrounding meadow), the surface of which is uneven with angular stones (diam. 0.2-0.3m) protruding through the low grass. In the centre is a semicircle of stones (int. diam. 1.45m; Wth 2.2m E-W). A small area of densely packed stones is located at S. The edges of the crannog are distinct in material, but quite irregular in form. To the S the crannog blends into the surrounding meadow. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 039) 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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