crannog
noun
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
crannoge
-
a variation of
crannog.
Example Sentences
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Piles of wood, or heaps of stone and bones driven into or heaped on the soil, formed the support of the crannoge.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
The crannoge was another kind of habitation, and one evidently much used, and evincing no ordinary skill in its construction.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Sometimes they are connected with the mainland by a causeway, but usually there is no appearance of any; and a small canoe has been, with but very few exceptions, discovered in or near each crannoge.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Round this artificial islet or crannoge thus formed was a stone wall raised on oak piles.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
It was found in the Ardkillen crannoge, near Strokestown, county Roscommon.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
