What is recorded here
Situated on the beach of Ardmore Bay. The interior of crannog (WA040-009001-) was composed of peat, the upper levels having eroded away, with numerous stakes and a possible circular hut (diam. c. 8m). Metal and wooden artefacts as well as animal bones were also recorded. (Ussher and Kinahan 1888; Ussher 1895; 1903)
Ussher, R. J. (1895) The Ardmore crannoge, WAJ 1, 198-201.
Ussher, R. J. (1903) The crannóg at Ardmore, County Waterford, JRSAI 33, 387-8.
Ussher, R. J. and Kinahan, G. H. (1888) On a submarine crannóg discovered by R. J. Ussher, at Ardmore, Co. Waterford, PRIA 16C, 61-5.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 Octiber, 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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