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At the mouth of Ballinafad Bay, in the W side of Lough Arrow between Aghanagh point and the opposite peninsula. The site is submerged and indicated by a stand of reeds. A circular low-mound (29.6m N-S; 29.6m E-W; H 1.7m above the muddy lake-bed), the edges of which drop dramatically all round. There is a concentration of rounded and subangular stones (3m N-S; 2m E-W) in the centre. A second possible crannog (SL040-178----) lies c. 150m to NNW.
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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