What is recorded here

Crannog in Gortaggle is a scrub-covered oval island in Lough Mucklaghan, County Leitrim, preserving timber traces along its western and northern edges. Thirty centimetres above the reeds and twenty metres from the shore, it remains small enough to walk across in a minute yet old enough to have watched generations pass by boat. The lake may have hidden the island from casual sight, but the timber still marks the place where someone chose to build against the water rather than retreat from it.

Located in reeds c. 20m from the E shore of subcircular Lough Mucklaghan (max. dims c. 550m N-S; c. 350m E-W). This is a scrub-covered oval island (dims 17.5m NW-SE; 5m NE-SW; max. H 0.3m) with traces of timber construction along the W and N edges. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 6 December, 2019

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