crannog

American  

[kran-uhg] / ˈkræn əg /

Also crannoge

noun

1. (in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.

2. a small, artificial, fortified island constructed in bogs in ancient Scotland and Ireland.

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crannog British  

/ ˈkrænəɡ, ˈkrænədʒ /

noun

1. an ancient Celtic lake or bog dwelling dating from the late Bronze Age to the 16th century _ad , often fortified and used as a refuge

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Etymology

Origin of crannog

1850–55; < Irish crannóg wooden frame or vessel, pole, crannog, equivalent to crann beam, tree + -óg noun suffix

Example Sentences

Hot weather during lockdown dried up a swamp area in south Londonderry that had been concealing the man-made island, known as a crannog.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022

Archaeologists Duncan Garrow and Fraser Sturt investigated four crannog artificial islands in the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2019

Carlingwark Loch contains several islets, on one of which is a crannog, or ancient lake dwelling.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

A superstition which has certainly endured to the nineteenth century may obviously have existed among the Picts, or whoever they were, of the crannog and broch period on Clyde. 

From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew

The island in the lake was probably a crannog, or artificial fortified island, such as are common on the lakes of Ireland.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart