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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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Frisian longhouse, Bildts farmhouse Iceland – Turf houses Ireland – Clochán, Crannog Italy – Trullo Lithuania – Kaunas modernism, Lithuanian folk architecture...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    intensively cultivated at the time. As late as the 19th century a likely crannóg was visible in the boggy hollow 'just to the south-west' of Craigie Castle;...
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    include quays and moorings. Protected features are Castle John, three Crannogs, and the causeway into Rusheen Island, though "Jail Island" is not protected...
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    Ceiri hillfort, Wales 'Earth house' reconstruction, interior, England. Crannog reconstruction, Scotland Remains of fortifications at the Stanwick hillfort...
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    John Smith recorded up to six crannogs in Ashgrove Loch, one, on the eastern side, is said to be unique as a crannog in that it was mainly of a stone...
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    water, exposing the remnants of a crannog. As stated, sometime prior to 1879 the water level was lowered and a crannog was exposed within the loch that...
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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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  • 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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