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Crannog in Lough Gara

Crannog
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In Lough Gara, on the boundary between the lakeshore and the summer water level, at the outflow from a drainage ditch and with a wide view of the lake. A stone platform (5.2m N-S; 5.5m E-W; H 0.3m above the muddy lake-bed) consisting of an irregular spread of angular and flat stones (diam. 0.3-0.4m), loosely set in the ground. The edges are distinct in material. (Fredengren 2002, KILC 009) 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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