What is recorded here
Crannog is an artificial island, often built with brushwood, soil and stone, then farmed or lived upon. Swan Island Little preserves that idea inside County Antrim, where a small raised place may have given people dry ground, privacy and a defensible home. The name keeps the crannog identity alive even when the island itself has faded into marsh, memory or myth.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG?: SWAN ISLAND LITTLE. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Swan IslandIslet · 304 yd
Magheramorne Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1421 yd
MEDIEVAL DITCH & ENCLOSUREMEDIEVAL DITCH & ENCLOSURE, excavated as part of Gas Pipeline Project · 1.1 mi
CHURCH SITE (unlocated) in BallydownCHURCH SITE (unlocated) · 1.1 mi
CASTLE: OLDERFLEET CASTLE or THE CURRAN CASTLE in Curran AND DrumalissCASTLE: OLDERFLEET CASTLE or THE CURRAN CASTLE · 1.6 mi
MV Princess Victoria MemorialMemorial · 2.1 mi
Browns bay walkBeach / strand · 2.3 mi
Glenoe WaterfallWaterfall · 2.4 mi
North HeadHeadland · 3.3 mi