What is recorded here
The crannog in Cleavry is in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a submerged stone structure about ten metres wide on the muddy bottom of Cleavry Lough. A stand of reeds rises through the water above the hidden stones.
In the centre of Cleavry Lough, an inter-drumlin lake. A totally submerged crannog (diam. c. 10m) built of stones on a muddy lake-bed. Its presence is indicated above the water level by a stand of reeds.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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