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This crannog is an early Christian artificial island settlement located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Crannogs were constructed by building timber platforms upon foundations of stone and brushwood within shallow lakes or wetlands, creating defensive and domestic spaces that date predominantly to the Iron Age and early medieval periods. This example represents the early Christian phase of crannog occupation, when such sites served as residences for monastic communities or secular families seeking refuge and prestige within the landscape.
The monument sits above bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age geological formation comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. This underlying stone would have been accessible to the crannog's builders, who may have quarried locally for construction materials and ballast. The wetland setting of Fermanagh—a region of interconnected lakes and marshy ground—provided ideal conditions for crannog construction, with water depths and peat deposits supporting the characteristic timber-and-stone building technique.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland, reference number 10252. Early Christian crannogs in this region frequently show evidence of both domestic life and religious activity, reflecting the fluid boundary between secular and monastic settlements during the early medieval period. Archaeological material from such sites typically includes worked bone, pottery and metalwork, contributing to understanding of early Christian material culture and settlement patterns.
Crannog is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10252. View the official record →
This crannog is an early Christian artificial island settlement located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10252.
Crannog dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a crannog. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Crannog is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 10252.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Derrybrusk church. medieval church & graveyard (6.6 km), Two burnt mounds/ cooking places (fulachta fiadh) (7.1 km), Platform rath (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Crannog's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Crannog stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.