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    A crannog (/ˈkrænəɡ/; Irish: crannóg [ˈkɾˠan̪ˠoːɡ]; Scottish Gaelic: crannag [ˈkʰɾan̪ˠak]) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually...
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    307°N 6.297°W / 54.307; -6.297 Loughbrickland Crannóg is a Bronze Age human-made island known as a crannóg, four miles (6.5 km) south west of Banbridge...
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  • The Breachacha crannog is a crannog located near Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. The crannog is recognised in the United Kingdom...
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    – AD 30 Milton Morenish Crannog 810 – 390 BC Eilean Breaban Crannog AD 420–640 & 600–400 BC (two occupations) Tombreck Crannog 170BC–AD180 As well as round...
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    redeveloped into a number of tourist attractions. The Scottish Crannog Centre (formerly the Crannog Reconstruction Project) is an open-air museum on the south...
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    the Copts of Egypt. Gaelic kings and aristocrats occupied ringforts or crannógs. Church reforms during the 12th century via the Cistercians stimulated...
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    ending around 100 AD, they remained in use beyond the Pictish period. Crannogs, which may originate in Neolithic Scotland, may have been rebuilt, and...
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    Craggaunowen (category Crannogs in Ireland)
    containis reconstructions of ancient Irish architecture including a dolmen, a crannog and the currach boat used in Tim Severin's recreation of "The Voyage of...
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    Among the literary magazines published in Galway are The Galway Review, Crannóg Magazine, which describes itself as 'Ireland's premier independent fiction...
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    are two crannogs on the shoreline of the village; Langbank East crannog is at Westferry, by the start of the M8 motorway, Langbank West crannog is immediately...
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    Uist was constructed around 3200–2800 BC and may be Scotland's earliest crannog (a type of artificial island). The Callanish Stones, dating from about...
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    Retrieved 29 March 2011. Herodotus, Histories, 5.16 "What is a Crannog? – the Scottish Crannog Centre". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stilt houses...
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    Retrieved 10 December 2011. Mellor 2020, p. 184. "What is a crannog?". Scottish Crannog Centre. Retrieved 12 November 2016. General references Bailey...
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  • stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles...
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    Ireland is the flat axe. There are five main types of flat axes: Lough Ravel crannog (c. 2200 BC), Ballybeg (c. 2000 BC), Killaha (c. 2000 BC), Ballyvalley...
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    the southwestern end of the loch. It is an artificial island, known as a crannog, and was likely constructed during the Iron Age. The island was originally...
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    islands sit within the loch, the largest of which is believed to have been a crannog. Several texts from the early 20th century describe a later stone "castle"...
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    dolmen, a cyst grave, a stone circle, a medieval ringfort, a monastic site, crannóg, and a Viking harbour. It covers 13.7 hectares (34 acres) of parkland,...
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    rises 196 metres (643 ft) out of the bay. There is a man-made Iron Age crannóg in the middle of a large lake at the top. Knocklayde, a heather-covered...
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    there is evidence that a comparable device was used in the construction of Crannogs at Oakbank and Loch Tay in Scotland as early as 5000 years ago. In 1801...
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  • Kilkenny Limerick Lisburn Newry Waterford Clochán Counties of Ireland Crannog Dál Fiatach Dál nAraidi Dál Riata Dublin Zoo Scotia Ulaid Gardens Northern...
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    original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008. "Geograph:: Crannóg, Castle Espie © Rossographer". geograph.ie. Retrieved 8 February 2023....
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    Llangorse Lake (category Crannogs)
    the afanc (a monster nicknamed 'Gorsey') and has the only example of a crannog in Wales. Llangorse Lake is also one of the most mentioned sites in Welsh...
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    Perthshire that are managed to provide walks and amenities for visitors. A crannog is present at Eilean nam Faoileag in the western half of the loch. A folly...
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    Oneilland, Tír Eoghain (modern-day northern County Armagh)—possibly in a crannog such as Marlacoo. The O'Neill dynasty were Tír Eoghain's ruling Gaelic...
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    "crannóg of Claenloch (Lough Rynn)" as 'Crannoge'". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2016. "Map identifying "crannóg of...
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    Frisian longhouse, Bildts farmhouse Iceland – Turf houses Ireland – Clochán, Crannog Italy – Trullo Lithuania – Kaunas modernism, Lithuanian folk architecture...
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    deposits along the shore, to Llydaw ("Brittany"). It contains evidence of a crannog settlement, and was the location of a 10-by-2-foot (3 m × 0.6 m) dugout...
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    climate. Although constructed in earlier times, brochs, roundhouses and crannogs remained in use into and beyond the Pictish period. Elsewhere in Scotland...
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    circles were also erected at this time, chiefly in Ulster and Munster. Crannogs are timber homes built in shallow lakes for security, often with a narrow...
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