Crannog Definition

krănəg
noun
An ancient Irish or Scottish lake dwelling, built on an artificial island or shallows.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Crannog

Noun

Singular:
crannog
Plural:
crannogs

Origin of Crannog

  • Irish Gaelic crannóg wooden structure, pole from Middle Irish crannóc from Old Irish from crann tree

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Irish crannóc.

    From Wiktionary

Crannog Sentence Examples

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

  • The crannog of Lagore, the first discovered in Ireland, was examined and described by Sir William Wilde in 1840.

  • A crannog in Loch-an-Dhugael, Balinakill, Argyllshire, described by the same explorer in 1893, revealed a substructure similar to that at Lochlee, with a double row of piles enclosing an area 45 to 50 ft.

  • The crannog of Cloonfinlough in Connaught had a triple stockade of oak piles, connected by horizontal stretchers and enclosing an area 130 ft., in diameter, laid with trunks of oak trees.

  • In the crannog of Lagore, county Meath, there were about 150 cartloads of bones, chiefly of oxen, deer, sheep and swine, the refuse of the food of the occupants.

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