What is recorded here

Stone Islands South is a submerged crannog in Lough Rea, County Galway, hiding 1.3 metres beneath the water with a single tree marking its position. The 1838 and 1929 maps named the reef, capturing a stone island that time has pulled under the lake. It may have been a home, a shrine or a boundary marker before the water rose, but the lake keeps that answer locked inside its dark depth.

Located within the SE sector of Lough Rea and one of a group of three of small reefs, running NE-SW, named 'Stone Islands South' on the 1838 edition and 1929 revision of the OS 6-inch map. This crannog (c. 16.7m E-W; c. 12.5m N-S) is the most north easterly reef and it is constructed of stone similar to other crannogs in the lake (see also GA105-198----, GA105-198001-, GA105-198002- and GA105-198003-). It is 1.3m below the surface of the water and its only visible indication is a single tree (information from K. McDonald). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 January 2019

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