What is recorded here

Indicated is a crannog in Lough Atrain, County Cavan, where a circular clay mound still sits fifteen metres from the shore. Beneath the mud, radial logs tilt upward like ribs after centuries of peat pressure, supporting a raft built for human life in dangerous water. The lake may have swallowed kitchens, hearths and arguments, yet the wooden skeleton remains strong enough to reveal the shape of a home that refused the flood.

Situated in marshy ground in Lough Atrain, c. 15m from the shoreline. Davies (1942, 19) described the site as a roughly circular mound (diam. c. 29m) of sterile puddled clay, resting on a raft of branches which comprised logs running radially, with a set of cross wise logs superimposed on the radial members. The pressure of the peat had caused the radial logs to become tilted upwards. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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