What is recorded here

Indicated is a small circular crannog in Farnham Lough, County Cavan, sitting about 150m from the shore. Stone facing still rings the island, wooden piles protrude from it, and a central platform holds layered remains of habitation. Bellarmine fragments suggest people lived there around the 17th century, turning a quiet lake into a place of domestic routine, risk and invention.

Small circular island in Farnham Lough, c. 150m from the shoreline. Davies (ITA Survey 1946) recorded that the island has a stone facing from which piles protrude. He also noted a wooden platform on which habitation material is piled at the centre of the island and suggested a 17th-century date on the basis of finds of bellarmine at the site. (Davies 1942, 19). 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

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