What is recorded here
On an earlier shoreline of Lough Gara. Marked as a crannog site on Cross's unpublished map. A hole dug in the peat reveals an irregular placement of rounded stones and sand (2m x 3m; H 0.3m above the shoreline). Marl and mud are visible under the peat. (Fredengren 2002, KILC 005)
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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