Crannog in Cranberry Island, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small island (diam. c. 15m) close to the NW shore of the triangular S part (dims c. 250m NE-SW; c. 200m N-S) of Cranberry Lough on the 1837 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is now attached to the NW shore. The tip of the peninsula (diam. c. 20m) is lower than the rest and planted with some coniferous trees. It is overgrown with sallies while the lake to the S is becoming silted. There is no evidence of artificial construction, but it may well have a stone core and be a crannog.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO054-014

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