What is recorded here

Crannog in Roo is a crannog in Roo, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular overgrown island measuring twenty metres across and rising forty centimetres above the water. Two upright posts and several horizontal timbers remain visible underwater near the southern and western edges. Quernstone fragments lie at the centre of this earth and stone structure.

Towards the SE end of tear-shaped Tully Lough (dims. c. 600m NW-SE, c. 120m NE-SW at SE to c. 400m NE-SW at NW), c. 50m from the S shore. Circular overgrown island (diam. 20m) of earth and stones (H 0.4m) with two upright posts visible underwater at SE and several horizontal timbers also visible underwater SW-WNW. Quernstone fragments are at the centre. Crannog (RO017-109----) is c. 320m to the WNW, and crannog (RO017-110----) is c. 190m to the NW. See the attached aerial view taken from the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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