What is recorded here

Crannoge (Site of) is a crannog in Lough Arrow, County Sligo, Ireland. At the mouth of Ballinafad Bay on the west side between Aghanagh point and the opposite peninsula, a submerged oval mound rises one metre above the lake bed. It stretches twenty-seven metres north-south and twenty point eight metres east-west, with steep sloping edges covered in mud and scattered stones. A reed stand marks the location, while a second possible crannog lies about one hundred and fifty metres to the south-southeast.

At the mouth of Ballinafad Bay, in the W side of Lough Arrow between Aghanagh point and the opposite peninsula. The site is submerged and marked by a reed stand. An oval low-mound (27m N-S; 20.8m E-W; H 1m above the lake-bed), the surface of which consists of mud with some stones. The edges slope down steeply. A second possible crannog (SL040-179----) lies c. 150m to SSE. 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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