Crannog in Lough Gara

In Lough Gara, on the S shore of Inch island, c. 100m E of another crannog (SL047-003----). It is connected to the shore via a causeway at N, but in winter is surrounded by water. It is sparsely covered with grass though there is some overgrowth on the N portion. A low-cairn crannog (11.1m N-S; 12.2m E-W; H 1.2m above the marl lake-bed), the unstable surface of which mainly consists of a dense concentration of angular flagstones (diam. c. 0.4m). The stones are loosely packed with very little soil fill between them. The cairn slopes gently down into the lake and seems to be surrounded by a submerged plateau of flagstones. A possible hut site (SL047-004002-) is visible 9.4m to N. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 017) 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