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Crannoge

Crannog

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Crannoge is a crannog in Ratra, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular grass-covered mound measuring 13.3 metres north-south and rising 0.4 to 0.6 metres above a flat, low-lying, peat-covered landscape. A drain curves around its eastern edge, while another crannog sits twenty metres north across an east-west drain. The site is marked only on the 1915 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map within a bend of a north-south field drain.
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map in a bend in a N-S field drain, and situated on a flat, low-lying, peat-covered landscape. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 13.3m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) with a drain curving around it to the E. Crannog (RO008-049002-) is c. 20m to the N on the other side of an E-W drain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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