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A cluster of rock platforms (WM026-115----/15001-; 117----/118----/119----/120----/121----) were identified by Karkov & Ruffing (1990-1, 108-110), on the E shoreline of Rochfort Bay on Lough Ennell. Listed as Rochfort Demesne 8 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 101) as following; 'Located at water’s edge on southwest side of a small inlet on the south side of Rochfort Bay. It is overlooked by level ground rising to a ridge to the south. This is an oval rock platform in shallow water (50cm) at the edge of lakeshore. It would originally have been in 1m depth of water, located c.60m from original shoreline. It is a level platform (dims. 16m N-S x 27m E-W; H 0.5-0.7m), even in profile and steep-sided at its edges. It has small irregular limestone slabs (80m length, 50cm width) scattered around its upper surface. There are more massive angular slabs and boulders (2m length) along its northern edge, apparently deliberately arranged as a kerb at the water’s edge. The site is connected to the modern shoreline by a broad, level causeway. The nearest archaeological site is the crannóg at Goose Island (WM026-109----), 400m 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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