It has four small islands on it and one, called " Round Island, " is thought to be a " Crannog " or ancient settlement.
32.
There don t appear to be any structures of historical interest in the townland apart from a graphitised iron cauldron which was found near a crannog in multiple fragments.
33.
On a small island ( formerly a crannog ) in the loch stand the remains of Clunie Castle, a tower house of the Admirable Crichton, spent his childhood there.
34.
Carse Loch is located nearby and was once used as the monastic fish pond and its crannog was used as a hiding place for valuables durings times of war or raids.
35.
They then proceeded to the Crannog of Magauran and took Magauran prisoner, only to set him free and leave him behind as he had become sick, making transport inconvenient.
36.
The original crannog is said to have collapsed under the water surface in 1879 following its archaeological investigation, although one or two islands are still shown on modern OS maps.
37.
A strict definition of a crannog, which has long been debated, requires the use of timber . as duns, or in more recent terminology as " Atlantic roundhouses ".
38.
When Axtell advanced towards Birr to challenge the Irish army, Clanricarde decided to withdraw and to take up formidable defensive positions on Meelick Island, a Crannog on the River Shannon.
39.
Holley surveyed the site in 1995 and noted a series of five, semicircular pits dug into the ground on the east, south, and south-west sides of the crannog.
40.
The " ?Floinn " sept ( ) would come to prominence in Ui Tuirtri, with their power-base situated on a crannog just outside the modern village of Desertmartin.
