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Crannog in Kiltoghert

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Situated towards the S end of Costre Lough (dims c. 280m NE-SW; c. 180m NW-SE). A small island is depicted on the 1835 and 1911 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. 20m) with a raised central mound (diam. 3m). There may be a causeway visible as a line of reeds to the shore at SE, and three light timbers (diam. c. 0.05m; L c. 1m) are visible beneath the water at NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-126

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • PST Sport (project contractor and publisher); individual photographer not named, pstsport.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791; Ledwich, Edward, 1738-1823, continuator, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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