A crannog (/ˈkrænəɡ/; Irish: crannóg [ˈkɾˠan̪ˠoːɡ]; Scottish Gaelic: crannag [ˈkʰɾan̪ˠak]) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually...
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Loch Tay (section Scottish Crannog Centre)
the 20 crannogs found along Loch Tay have been radiocarbon dated to the Iron Age: Morenish Crannog 50 BC – AD 220 Morenish Boathouse Crannog 750 BC –...
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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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Kenmore, Perth and Kinross (redirect from Scottish Crannog Centre)
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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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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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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Loch Kernsary (section Crannog)
Loch Kernsary on the small Àird Mhòr peninsula, there is the remains of a crannog, located some 10 metres from the shore and separated from the shore by...
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Brittas Pond (section Crannog)
mound-shaped island in the pond area, which is generally considered to be a crannog, a site of early settlement commonly found in wet areas of Ireland. While...
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Calmore (section Calmore crannog)
place of some importance, attested by a crannog that once lay in an ancient lake in the townland. This crannog is stated as having been of a tolerable...
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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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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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and activities, free parking, a picnic area and a reconstruction of a Crannog, an ancient type of dwelling found in Scotland and Ireland from the European...
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Buiston Loch (category Crannogs in Scotland)
Scotland. It is well documented through the presence of a 2000 year old crannog, first excavated 1880-1 and then documented by Dr. Duncan McNaught, the...
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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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Barhapple Loch (section Discovery of Crannog)
in Scotland. Barhapple Loch is principally known for the discovery of a Crannog in 1878 on the loch, when it was drained. Glenluce is the largest settlement...
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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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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim King's Stables, County Armagh Loughbrickland Crannog, County Down Examples of scheduled monuments in Scotland, as designated...
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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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List of islands of Scotland (section Crannogs)
ascend them. Crannogs are prehistoric artificial islands created in lochs. There are several hundred sites in Scotland. Today, crannogs typically appear...
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Ashgrove Loch (section Crannog)
the crannog has fallen into disrepair and no longer resembles its original state. While Smith claimed to have found evidence of five more crannogs at the...
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Carse Loch (category Crannogs in Scotland)
fish pond and the friars are said to have hidden their treasures on the crannog in times of danger. The loch is located about 7 miles from Dumfries and...
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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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Burnett family first took up residence on an artificial island called a crannog, on the Loch of Leys. The history of the family from this time onward is...
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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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