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In centre of reed bed; N of crannóg (MA110-036----), SW of Lakeview Island. Site (32m N-S; 27m E-W) entirely submerged; appears to have been abandoned during construction. Four artifical cairns of stone (two on S, one on E and one on W); interspaced by smaller stones along lake bed. Cairns enclosed E to W by more than twenty timber posts (H 1.3m) set into lake bed. Local tradition of dug-out canoe being removed from site.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 304.
Date of upload: 30 October 2013
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