What is recorded here
Visited by Sligo Crannog project 2000. This site is located in the NE end of the lake c.10m from the shoreline. It is overgrown. Comprises an oval cairn (L 25.7m E-W, 19.2m N-S, H 2.8m). The mid cairn is located slightly to the E (L 7m E-W, 5.8m N-S) and consists of a dense concentration of loosely packed sandstones. It is surrounded by a an uneven platform of stones (Wth 11.90m W, 11.20m N). On the N side of the site is a linear drystone-walled feature (L 5m, Wth 1.10m, H 0.85m) which may be the remains of a jetty.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 14 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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