What is recorded here
Indicated is a fifteen-metre circular crannog floating in Lough Carra, perhaps an artificial stone cairn built around natural rock. It sits 250 metres from land in a narrow stretch of water, far enough out to demand purpose and close enough to tempt imagination. The overgrown interior hides whether people lived there, buried someone or marked a boundary for others to see.
In Lough Carra, in narrow stretch of water 250m from land, 480m N of causeways (MA100-159----), (MA099-037----). Circular-shaped island (15m N-S; 15m E-W) is possibly an artificial stone cairn, formed around some natural rock. Interior is overgrown.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 301. (N.B incorrectly numbered 100:160)
Date of upload: 21 January 2015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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