What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a small island close to the south shore of Callow Lough. A circular grass-covered cairn measures ten metres across and half a metre high, with animal bones found on it. Another crannog sits eighty metres west, while a man-made underground passage lies one hundred and thirty metres south-southeast on the shore.

Visible as a small island on aerial photographs (ACAP: V221/127-8), close to the S shore of the Callow Lough of Lough Gara. Circular grass-covered cairn (diam. 10m; H 0.5m) on which animal bones were found. Crannog (RO008-029002-) is c. 80m to the W, and Man-made underground passage (RO009-027----) is on the shore c. 130m to the SSE. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 64; Kiln 026) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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