What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It sits 300m from the shoreline, surrounded by drumlins, with a low stone mound 13.5m wide and 11.3m long. The surface holds small shattered stones, round stones and subangular stones, while larger stones lie submerged to the east and west. A small jetty projects westward from the mound.

In Lough Gara, c. 300m from the present shoreline, surrounded by drumlins. The vegetation consists of one shrub and some grass and nettles. A low-cairn crannog (11.3m N-S; 13.5m E-W; H 1.2m above the muddy lake-bed; H c. 0.4m above the water), the surface of which consists of small shattered stones, some round stones and a scatter of subangular stones forming a reasonably even surface. Some larger stones (diam. c. 0.3-0.4m) lie submerged to the E and W of the crannog. The N edge slopes down quite sharply. A small jetty (3m N-S; 9m E-W) projects to W. (Fredengren 2002, KILC 019) 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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