What is recorded here

Six crannogs still float in the northeast of Lough Rea, but Switch Island is the smallest and most forgotten. It measures barely eleven metres across, yet trees have grown so thick on its narrow frame that the boundary between made land and living wood has vanished. People may have stood there during storms, watching rain strike the water and disappear into roots. The lake keeps its own calendar, marking time in depth rather than years.

Located within the NE sector of Lough Rea, this is one of six crannogs (see also GA105-198----, GA105-198001-, GA105-198002-, GA105-198003----- and GA105-224----) in this area of the lake. This example is roughly subrectangular in plan (c. 11m E-W; c. 3.5m N-S). It is overgrown with trees. The crannog appears to be sited on a natural reef (information from K. McDonald). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2020

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