What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a dry ridge parallel to the earlier shoreline, northwest of another crannog, and joins a group of four crannogs in the same area. The low circular grass-covered platform measures 9.5 metres north-south, 9.2 metres east-west and rises 0.45 metres above the meadow, with stone packing visible along its northeast edge. When winter water submerges the ridge, a line of trees marks it in the lough.

In a wet meadow on the shores of Lough Gara, on a dry ridge parallel to the earlier shoreline, NW of another crannog (SL044-071----). When submerged in winter the ridge is marked by a line of trees in the water. A low circular grass-covered platform (9.5m N-S; 9.2m E-W; H 0.45m above the meadow), the surface of which is stable and even. Some stone packing is evident along the NE edge. This is one of a group of four crannogs (SL044-069----; SL044-071----; SL044-072----). (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILF 003) 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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