What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It lies in a wet meadow below an earlier shoreline, east of another possible crannog. A patch of dense green grass, seven point eight metres north to south and six point six metres east to west, may mark a platform zero point two two metres high, with angular stones on the east edge. It joins seven other possible crannogs and one confirmed crannog in the bay between Derrymore Island and Derrybeg townland.

In a wet meadow, below an earlier shoreline of Lough Gara, to E of a possible crannog (SL047-012003-). Visible only as a patch of dense green grass, possibly representing a platform (7.8m N-S; 6.6m E-W; H 0.22m). There are some angular stones on the E edge. One of a group of eight possible crannogs (see SL047-012002-; SL047-012003-; SL047-012005-; SL047-012006-; SL047-012007-; SL047-012008-; SL047-012009-) and one crannog (SL047-012001-) in the small bay between Derrymore Island and Derrybeg townland. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 026) 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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