What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the boundary between the lakeshore and summer water level at a drainage outflow. The visible structure is a 5.2 by 5.5 metre stone platform, 0.3 metre high above the muddy lake bed. Angular and flat stones, each 0.3 to 0.4 metre across, form its distinct edges.

In Lough Gara, on the boundary between the lakeshore and the summer water level, at the outflow from a drainage ditch and with a wide view of the lake. A stone platform (5.2m N-S; 5.5m E-W; H 0.3m above the muddy lake-bed) consisting of an irregular spread of angular and flat stones (diam. 0.3-0.4m), loosely set in the ground. The edges are distinct in material. (Fredengren 2002, KILC 009) 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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