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In boggy ground, at the W end of a former lake named 'Castle Lough' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and below the former shoreline. Views are restricted due to the surrounding drumlins. A roughly circular low-mound crannog (17m N-S; 18.5m E-W; H 1.1m), indicated by a broken circle on the 1910-11 OS 6-inch map. The surface…

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In boggy ground, at the W end of a former lake named 'Castle Lough' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and below the former shoreline. Views are restricted due to the surrounding drumlins. A roughly circular low-mound crannog (17m N-S; 18.5m E-W; H 1.1m), indicated by a broken circle on the 1910-11 OS 6-inch map. The surface in the centre is fairly even with only a few stones exposed and it slopes gently down towards the edges. Two depressions were noted, the larger (7m N-S; 8m E-W; D 0.2m) at the SW edge, the smaller (1.5m N-S) at the SE edge. Just inside the E edge are two piles of stones, 1.5m apart (N pile: 1.65m N-S; 1.3m E-W: S pile: 2.45m N-S; 1.2m E-W). The piles, which face the lake, may represent an entrance. The edge of the crannog drops c. 0.45m sharply in all directions and is skirted by a 4m long chain of subangular stones (diam. 0.4m) along the NE arc. The crannog is generally overgrown with grass and surrounded by a band (Wth 7m) of high rushes that may indicate its full extent. A lacustrine enclosure (SL027-163003-) is c. 100m to NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL027-163001

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.joinmychurch.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • St John's GAA Club Sligo; individual photographer not stated, stjohnsgaaclub.blogspot.com
  • Shamrock Gaels GAA Club official website; individual photographer not stated, shamrockgaels.com
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