Crannóg from Loughbrickland

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Crannóg from Loughbrickland

The Crannóg of Loughbrickland is an artificial island, 1.6 km from the village of Loughbrickland ( Irish Loch Bricleann ) and about 6.5 km southwest of Banbridge in County Down in Northern Ireland . It is located in the middle of the small Loughbrickland Lake and can be seen from the south carriageway of the A1 Belfast-Dublin. Loughbrickland's Crannóg is a Scheduled Monument .

Scheme of intact crannóg
Crannóg from Loughbrickland

The crannóg was surrounded by a row of stakes and consisted of household waste, pot shards, tools, animal remains and ashes from stoves and ovens ( English occupation earth ). The Crannóg dates from the Late Bronze Age (1000 to 500 BC). It was still inhabited in the 17th century by the Magennis family, who had abandoned a castle that was believed to have been on the lake shore. The Crannóg was the site of a battle in 1642 when it was used as a hideout by rebels of the Irish Rebellion .

literature

  • EP Kelly: Observations on Irish lake-dwellings. In: C. Karkov and R. Farrell (eds.): Studies in insuLar art and archeology. 1991 pp. 81-98. American Early Medieval Studies 1. Cornell
  • Aidan O'Sullivan: Crannogs, Lake-dwellings of early Ireland. Country House, Dublin 2000, ISBN 1-86059-091-8

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Coordinates: 54 ° 18'27.1 "  N , 6 ° 17'35.4"  W.