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Crannog in Lisanisk

Crannog

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Situated at the N end of the small narrow lake (dims c. 400m NNW-SSE; c. 80m E-W at S to c. 150m E-W at N). This crannog is marked on a map by Francis Johnson dated 1591 as ‘the island Ever M’Cooley’s house’ at Lysonske. Exploration during 1843 uncovered two rows of piles c. 2m below the surface enclosing an area ’60…

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Situated at the N end of the small narrow lake (dims c. 400m NNW-SSE; c. 80m E-W at S to c. 150m E-W at N). This crannog is marked on a map by Francis Johnson dated 1591 as ‘the island Ever M’Cooley’s house’ at Lysonske. Exploration during 1843 uncovered two rows of piles c. 2m below the surface enclosing an area ’60 feet by 42 feet (c. 18m x c. 13m)’ as well as vast quantities of animal bones (Shirley 1845, 94; Graves 1858-8, 135; Wood-Martin 1886, 151). Some artefacts from the Shirley collection in the National Museum of Ireland came from this crannog, although nothing specific can be connected to it (Lucas 1968). The crannog is now an oval overgrown cairn (dims 42m N-S; 18m E-W; max. H 1.5m) with no evidence of artificial construction, but it is connected with the shore to the N by a modern causeway. The following above is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO031-037

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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