What is recorded here

Indicated rises one metre above Ballymore Lough as a rough oval stone island, old enough to appear on mid-Victorian maps yet still wearing trees and marked by two modern shooting shelters. It sits among at least three crannogs in the northern water, close together as if people had chosen this stretch of lake for life rather than chance. The bones scattered around its edge and the steady human return for wildfowl suggest the place has long fed or occupied those who came beside it.

Located roughly in the centre of the N half of Ballymore Lough. This crannog is shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps as an island. It is composed of a roughly oval stone cairn (23m NE−SW; 27.1m NW−SE) which slopes steeply into the water at its outer edges. When inspected in 1988, the top of the crannog was c.1.3m above water level, and was largely tree-covered. Much animal bone was noted in the water around the perimeter. Two small stone buildings and a landing slip have been built on the island in recent times, related to the use of the island as a base for shooting wildfowl. Two other crannogs (MA040-108----; MA040-109----) are located, respectively, c. 60m and c. 170m to W. Attached image: MA040-075----_01.JPG Crannog viewed from SW Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 July 2017

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