Indicated — Cordalea

The record identifies Indicated — Cordalea as Crannog. It does not safely name every person, family or worker who used it, or fix all phases to exact years.

The recorded type points to a home or defended living place built on a natural or made island in a lake. That explains the likely everyday purpose without claiming people, tools or customs that the exact record does not prove.

The saved source says: Large island in Lough Oughter, c. 100m from the shoreline. Davies (ITA Survey 1942) described it as a crannóg-cairn composed of small stones with piles and logs around it forming a log platform. Cairn, circular in plan (diam. c. 32m) and rising to between 1.5m and 2.1m in height. He also noted several radial beams of fir and oak at N. (Davies 1942, 17) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

The saved record does not establish one certain ending. A change in farming, water level, trade, fuel, ownership, route or settlement pattern may have ended the use, but no single cause is claimed without evidence.

Indicated — Cordalea fixes a real piece of work or daily life to an exact place. Even where names are lost, its remains show how people obtained food and materials, organised land, made homes or adapted to the local ground.