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Crannog in Lough Gara

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In a water meadow, out from the lowermost shoreline of Lough Gara and 20m E of another possible crannog (SL047-018001-). This crannog consists of two parts. The first is a grass-covered platform-mound (3.8m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.24m above the meadow), though small shattered stones may form the surface under the grass. The edges slope gradually down. The second part, 1.3m to E, is a stone platform (2.7m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.43m) consisting of large subangular stones (diam. 0.4-0.5m) firmly set into the ground and partly overgrown with grass. One of a group of six possible crannogs (SL047-016----; SL047-018001-; SL047-018003-; SL047-018004-; SL047-018006-) and three crannogs (SL047-015----; SL047-017----; SL047-018005-) in this bay. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 004) 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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