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In Lough Gara on the marly and muddy lake-bed. A low-cairn crannog (18m N-S; 20m E-W; max. H 1.5m above the lake-bed), the surface of which consists of well-sorted angular stones as well as shattered stones (diam. c. 0.05-0.1m). The cairn material is mixed with animal bones. A number of vertical posts were noted both at the edges and in the crannog body. A low shrub and some grass grow on the surface. This crannog has been radiocarbon dated to the Late Bronze Age (Fredengren 2002, KILC 021). It is one of a group of three crannogs (SL046-027----; SL046-029----). (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 1998a, 31-3; 2000c, 27; 2002, KILC 021)
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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