What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a small oval grass-covered marl island, 10 metres north-south, 10 metres east-west, rising at most 0.2 metres above the water-meadow. A barbed-wire fence crosses it. To the north and northeast are stone lines: the northern line is 5 metres long with 17 stones, the northeast line is 3 metres long and more irregular.

In a water-meadow, to W of one crannog (SL047-56----) and E of another (SL047-55----) and N of a drain that leads into Lough Gara. The crannog is crossed by a barbed-wire fence. A small oval grass-covered marl island (10m N-S; 10m E-W; max. H 0.2m above the meadow). To the N and NE are lines of stone. The N line (L 5m) consists of 17 stones, the NE (L 3m) is more irregular. This is one of a group of four crannogs (SL047-055----; SL047-056----; SL047-057----) in the same bay. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 050). 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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