What is recorded here

Crannog in Finlough is a crannog in Finlough, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a wet meadow overgrown with rushes between the present shoreline of Fin Lough and an earlier shoreline. A low circular mound measures 16 metres north-south, 6 metres east-west and 0.63 metres high, surrounded by a rush band 4 to 7 metres wide. A smaller compact mound, 7 metres north-south and 6 metres east-west, sits in the centre.

In a wet meadow, overgrown with rushes, between the present shoreline of Fin Lough and an earlier shoreline. A low circular mound (16m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.63m), surrounded by a band of rushes (Wth 4-7m), with a small compact mound (7m N-S; 6m E-W) in the centre. A crannog (SL025-137----) is c. 50m to NNW. 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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