What is recorded here

Indicated was a crannog in Ballymore Lough, recorded on maps from 1838 to 1922 before the water withdrew. The lake end has since become boggy ground covered in myrtle, grasses and gorse, erasing the island outline. Whatever life occurred there now belongs to the soil, remembered only through the shape drawn on old paper.

In Ballymore Lough. A large irregular- or suboval-shaped island (60m NE−SW; c. 30m NW−SE) is shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps in the narrow SW end of Ballymore Lough. This end of the lake has largely dried out to an area of boggy ground, colonised by bog myrtle, grasses and sedges, scrub willows and gorse. The outline of the island cannot be discerned. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 June 2020

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