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Indicated

Crannog

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Indicated is an overgrown crannog floating eighty metres from the northern shore of Garadice Lough in County Leitrim. Its subcircular earth and stone platform measures eighteen by sixteen metres and rises one metre above the water, while faint palisade traces still mark its southern edge. The lough surrounds most of the site, forcing any visitor to read the remains through distance, shape and memory rather than familiar entrance roads.
Situated c. 80m from the N shore of Garadice Lough. which is to the W and N. This is an overgrown subcircular area of earth and stone (dims 18m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW; H 1m) with traces of a palisade in the water at S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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