What is recorded here

Indicated is a crannog in Annagh Lough, County Cavan, Ireland, c. 60m from the shoreline. Its core is a natural morainic ridge with three habitation layers at its N extent, yielding medieval pottery, an oak beam, copper, a shoe fragment, burnt bone, ox-teeth and a chert flake. Davies excavated it in 1941. It remains unvisited in the account above.

In Annagh Lough, c. 60m from the shoreline. Trial-excavation carried out at this site by Davies in 1941. He discovered that the core of the island is a natural morainic ridge, with a mound comprising three distinct habitation layers at its N extent. Finds included medieval pottery in the lowest and middle layers, a large shaped beam of oak, a piece of copper and portion of a shoe. Also found on the island were scraps of burnt bone, ox-teeth, a weathered sherd of pottery and a worked triangular flake of chert. Not visited. (Davies 1942, 21-5) 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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