CRANNOG: TOAD ISLAND in Lisnaward

Toad Island in Lisnaward is a crannog, an artificial island built among reeds and shallow water. It belongs to the Christian era, when people stacked earth and stone against the lake to keep rain, rats and invaders out. The name Toad Island sounds like a joke the land told back, but toads still climb crannog ruins everywhere because damp darkness suits them. Perhaps the island was never entirely abandoned. Perhaps it simply stopped belonging to humans and returned to the creatures who never needed permission.