What is recorded here

Crannog in Creighan,tirquin: artificial island, County Cavan, Ireland. Green Lough. Thirty metres from the shore, a fifteen-metre mound still stands inside a stone kerb. Large logs cross each other around its side, and gravel, sand and peat fill the gaps between them.

Green Lough. Davies (ITA Survey 1946) described an almost circular mound (diam. c. 15m) surrounded by a stone kerb with large logs arranged in criss-cross fashion around the side, the gaps being infilled with gravel, sand and peat. Situated c. 30m from the shoreline. Not visited. 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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