Overview
Indicated — Moing Na Bó is recorded as Crannog at Moing Na Bó. It preserves evidence of a home or defended living place built on a natural or made island in a lake. The source record also describes the surviving evidence; its details are kept below.
Who lived here and when
The record identifies Indicated — Moing Na Bó as Crannog. It does not safely name every person, family or worker who used it, or fix all phases to exact years.
Homes and daily life
The recorded type points to a home or defended living place built on a natural or made island in a lake. That explains the likely everyday purpose without claiming people, tools or customs that the exact record does not prove.
What was found
The saved source says: The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Why it ended
The saved record does not establish one certain ending. A change in farming, water level, trade, fuel, ownership, route or settlement pattern may have ended the use, but no single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Moing Na Bó fixes a real piece of work or daily life to an exact place. Even where names are lost, its remains show how people obtained food and materials, organised land, made homes or adapted to the local ground.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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