
What is recorded here
Indicated is a crannog in Ballinvilla,canbo, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits near the eastern end of Lisdaly Lough, about forty metres from the north shore and fifty metres from the south shore where the water narrows. The subcircular island measures roughly twenty-eight metres across and rises seventy centimetres above the lake bed. Layered earth and stone form its structure, with no timber construction visible.
Towards the E end of Lisdaly Lough (dims c. 500m E-W; c. 120-240m N-S), c. 40m from the N shore and c. 50m from the S shore at a narrow, pinched, central part of the lake. Subcircular overgrown island (diam. 28m N-S, 26.6m E-W; H 0.7m) composed of layered earth and stone deposited in the lake shallows. There is no evidence of timber construction.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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