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Crannog in Mullanacross

Crannog
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Located in deep water in the subrectangular Lough Ervey (dims c. 550m ENE-WSW; c. 180-230m NNW-SSE) close to the SW end where the lake extends N-S (dims c. 450m NNW-SSE; c. 90-100m ENE-WSW) is but this part is reduced in length from its depiction on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map (L c. 630m). It is on the county boundary with Meath (ME002-007----). This s a circular overgrown cairn (diam. 24m N-S; 22m E-W; H 1.5m over water level) that has evidence of a stone kerb and wooden piles on the perimeter N-E. Some artefacts, including four early medieval pins and a late medieval pewter flagon and plate, from the crannog are now in NMI (Lucas 1958 136-7; 1960, 33).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV035-062

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  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colette Gemmell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kevgorman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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