Crannog in Bawnbreakey, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated at the centre of the S-shaped Breakey Lough (L c. 700m; Wth c. 100-175m). Depicted as a small island on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, it is now in an overgrown marshy part of the lake. This is a circular overgrown mound of clay and stones (diam. c. 10m) but the cairn extends out for c. 3m all around before dropping off into deep water. There are traces of a kerb at some points, and what might be piles beneath the water.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME005-003

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