School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)

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1. The Crannogs (continued)

   

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   mud of the bottom. The piles are arranged in a regular manner and exploration has discovered for what purpose the piles were driven there.
   From careful examination of the remains discovered on those sites, it appears that at a remote period a race erected dwellings above the surface of the water on an island artificially constructed for the pur-pose. They drive pointed piles into the shallow bottom near the shores and fixed them upright in the water Cross beams were placed upon these and a platform erected which was covered with the branches of trees, clay, pebbles and any other material that could be obtained. The space enclosed by the piles was also filled in. The platform was surrounded by a stockade, and on the interior space they occupants erected huts of wickerwork covered with mud or sods of grass and thatched

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Curtis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cnoc Loinge, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Cann

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cnoc Loinge, Co. Luimnigh