Crannog in Redhill Demesne, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Small circular island (diam. c.20m) in Dunrora Lough, c. 20m from the shoreline. Davies (1942, 17) described this site as a crannóg-folly, built in the eighteenth century as support for a summerhouse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV012-006

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