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Crannog, located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is an Iron Age or early medieval artificial island dwelling, constructed within a freshwater lake or bog environment. The site represents a form of settlement strategy characteristic of prehistoric and early Christian Ireland, whereby communities built raised structures to exploit aquatic resources and secure defensible habitation. The crannog would have consisted of a timber-built roundhouse or rectangular structure constructed on a platform of brushwood, stones and timber, anchored in shallow water. Such sites, whilst often difficult to date precisely without archaeological investigation, form an important category of evidence for understanding settlement patterns and domestic life in pre-Norman Ireland, with many crannogs in Ulster and other regions occupied across multiple periods from the Bronze Age through the medieval period.
Crannog is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10549. View the official record →
Crannog, located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is an Iron Age or early medieval artificial island dwelling, constructed within a freshwater lake or bog environment. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10549.
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 10549.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup-marked stone (1.7 km), Dual court tomb (1.9 km), Early christian monastic site, medieval church & graveyard (2.8 km).
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