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A cluster of rock platforms (WM026-115----/15001-; 117----) were identified by Karkov & Ruffing (1990-1, 108-110), on the E shoreline of Rochfort Bay on Lough Ennell. Listed as Rochfort Demesne 4 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 97-8) as following; 'Located on dryland on southeast side of a small inlet on the south side of Rochfort Bay. The site would originally have been in 1m depth of water, located c.5m from original shoreline. It is overlooked by level ground rising to a ridge to the south. This is a small, irregular, almost rectilinear rock platform (dims. 5m N-S x 6m E-W; H 0.5m) on marshy ground (former lakebed) to the south of Rochfort Demesne 3 (WM026-117---). It has an even profile, with large irregular limestone slabs (1.3m length, 1m width) scattered across its surface.The nearest archaeological site is the crannóg at Goose Island (WM026-109----), 420m to north, a mound at Rochfort Demesne (WM026-048----), 550m to east. This site is a possible prehistoric or medieval rock platform, potentially associated with the early medieval crannóga at Goose Islands.'
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan
Date of upload: 29 March 2017
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