Crannog in Dristernan, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

This is attached to the N shore of Headford Lough, a sub-rectangular lake (dims c. 330m E-W; 230m N-S), which as larger (dims c. 400m E-W; c. 260-400m N-S) as represented on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map when the crannog was more centrally placed within the lake. This is a grass- and scrub-covered mound of stones (diam. 15m N-S; 15m E-W; H c. 0.7m) with no visible surface evidence of artificial construction, or of occupation.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE032-025

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