What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. The rough platform measures 2m by 2.8m and stands 0.39m high. It consists of seven large stones, each about 0.6m across, with smaller stones beneath grass and moss on its eastern portion. The platform stands out against the linear earlier shoreline in the water meadow.

In a water meadow, below an earlier shoreline of Lough Gara. A rough stone platform (2m N-W; 2.8m E-W; H 0.39m), consisting of seven large stones (diam. c. 0.6m) contrasting with the otherwise linear earlier shoreline. On the E portion is a collection of smaller stones, overgrown with grass and moss. One of a group of six possible crannogs (SL047-016----; SL047-018002-; SL047-018003-; SL047-018004-; SL047-018006-) and three crannogs (SL047-015----; SL047-017----; SL047-018005-) in this bay. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 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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