What is recorded here

Crannog in Lough Gara is a crannog in Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a water meadow below the earlier shoreline as a two-part mound. The smaller northern part rises 0.76 metres and contains a rectangular depression 0.25 metres deep. The larger southern part measures 6 by 9.6 metres and slopes gently in all directions.

In a water meadow, below the earlier shoreline of Lough Gara. An irregular mound-platform, consisting of two parts. The smaller N part (6m N-S; 5.4m E-W; max. H 0.76m above the meadow) has quite well-defined edges. On its E portion is a rectangular depression (1.6m N-S; 2m E-W; max. D 0.25m) and in the N portion cattle have exposed fire-cracked stones, wood and charcoal. The fire-cracked stone spread is more distinct than at the adjacent crannog (SL047-042005-). The S portion of the site is an irregular mound (6m N-S; 9.6m E-W; max. H 0.51m above the meadow) that slopes down gently in all directions. The surfaces of both parts are grass-covered and somewhat uneven. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 041). 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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