What is recorded here

Oileán na bhFraochóg is a small circular island in Loch Síodúch, County Galway, where an earthen mound rises two metres above the water and stones mark its edge. People call it a crannog because an iron object surfaced there and a possible hut sits on a nearby island, yet no one can prove whether hands built the mound or the lake simply shaped earth into a cone. The boundary between human making and natural chance disappears beneath reeds and rain, leaving the island to hold its own secret.

In N half of Loch Síodúch. A small circular overgrown island (D c. 15m) known locally as Oileán na bhFraochóg. It consists of an almost conical earthen mound (H 2m) defined around its perimeter by stones and boulders. Difficult to assess whether it is artificial or not, but an iron object of uncertain date has been recorded from it and it appears to be regarded locally as a 'crannog' (Topgr. Files, NMI). There is a possible hut (GA077-025----) on an adjacent island to SE, and an island cashel (GA077-022----) 240m to NE, on an adjoining lake. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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