What is recorded here

Indicated was a small oval island at the south end of a narrow bay on Garadice Lough, visible only on the 1835 map before silt swallowed it into the mainland. It may have been a crannog, a hidden home or refuge where people lived above the water and vanished when the lake changed. Now it is an inaccessible clump of trees in reed-swamp, preserving the shape of a life the land forgot.

Situated at the S end of a narrow N-S bay (dims c. 450m N-S; c. 50-100m E-W) at the SE angle of Garadice Lough. A small oval island (dims c. 20m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW) is depicted only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This area is silted up on the revised 1944 edition of the map and it is now an inaccessible clump of trees attached to the mainland by a reed-swamp. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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