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Shemy's Island is a crannog, an artificial island dwelling of Early Christian date, located in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Crannogs of this period typically comprised timber-built structures constructed on artificially created or substantially enlarged islands within lakes or wetland settings, serving as defended residential and sometimes ecclesiastical sites. The Early Christian dating places this monument within the broader tradition of crannog construction that flourished from the early medieval period onwards, when such structures offered strategic and practical advantages for settlement in the Irish landscape. The site remains significant as archaeological evidence of Early Christian settlement patterns and building practices in Ulster.
Shemy's island. crannog is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 12908. View the official record →
Shemy's Island is a crannog, an artificial island dwelling of Early Christian date, located in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 12908.
Shemy's island. 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.
Shemy's island. 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 12908.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (0.9 km), Enclosure (4.9 km), Crannog (5 km).
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