What is recorded here

Crannog in Tomkinroad is a lost artificial island jutting into Holy Lough, County Cavan, where peat and clay still hold charcoal and bone traces from ancient life. Davies measured its shallow rise in 1942, but the water has since swallowed the exact spot, leaving only his words and the lough’s quiet memory. It may have been a home, a hideout, or a place for ritual, yet the lake keeps that answer private.

Not marked on any OS ed. Davies (NMI Survey 1942) described an apparently artificial promontory rising about 0.3m above the water-level and jutting into Holy Lough in the Tomkin Road area. He noted that at W the promontory was composed entirely of peat. At E he identified a grey sandy clay at about 0.15m below water-level, and slight traces of a habitation layer at water-level containing charcoal and burnt and unburnt bones. Not located. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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