What is recorded here

Island Machugh in County Tyrone has carried Neolithic life, Bronze Age tools, an early Christian crannog and a later plantation castle, proving the water never stopped belonging to people. It is no wonder the island still feels occupied when so much history keeps returning to the same stones.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NEOLITHIC and BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT SITE; EARLY CHRISTIAN CRANNOG; PLANTATION CASTLE: ISLAND MACHUGH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; NEOLITHIC; BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC; POST-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

A Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement site with later use as an Early Christian crannog and Plantation castle; held by the MacAogáin family in the 17th century; important for its layered history reflecting continuous occupation from prehistoric to early modern periods.

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