What is recorded here
Crannog is an artificial island built in ancient waters, yet Modern Island sounds like a place invented yesterday. The name itself is a question mark, catching both ancient craft and new making in one phrase. Crannog is a house made from marsh and purpose. Modern Island is a house made from forgetting and redesign. Both are homes, only the materials changed. The lake does not ask when the island began. The lake holds whatever shape enters it. That is why the name resists explanation. A question mark is not a flaw. It is a door.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG? or Modern Island?. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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