What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. The submerged feature lies about 20m from the northeast shore of Derrymore Island and measures 25.7m northwest-southeast by 7.3m northeast-southwest. It may be a natural shoal of stony material above gravel and blue clay rather than a built crannog.

In Lough Gara, c. 20m from the NE shore of Derrymore Island and submerged c. 0.15-0.5m below the water. Kesh Corann and the Curlew Mountains are visible in the distance. This is possibly a natural shoal (25.7m NW-SE; 7.3m NE-SW; H 0.95m above the lake-bed) of stony material on top of gravel and blue clay, following the direction of the surrounding drumlins. Further underwater survey would be needed to confirm that it is a crannog. Another possible crannog (SL047-099----) is to the W. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 019) 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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