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Definition of Crannog

Crannog
Crannog Cran"nog (kr?n"n?g), Crannoge Cran"noge (kr?n"n?j), n. [From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a tree.] One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake. --Encyc. Brit.

Meaning of Crannog from wikipedia

- A crannog (/ˈkrænəɡ/; Irish: crannóg [ˈkɾˠan̪ˠoːɡ]; Scottish Gaelic: crannag [ˈkʰɾan̪ˠak]) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually...
- 307°N 6.297°W / 54.307; -6.297 Loughbrickland Crannóg is a Bronze Age human-made island known as a crannóg, four miles (6.5 km) south west of Banbridge...
- redeveloped into a number of tourist attractions. The Scottish Crannog Centre (formerly the Crannog Reconstruction Project) is an open-air museum on the south...
- the 20 crannogs found along Loch Tay have been radiocarbon dated to the Iron Age: Morenish Crannog 50 BC – AD  220 Morenish Boathouse Crannog 750 BC –...
- The Breachacha crannog is a crannog located near Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. The crannog is recognised in the United Kingdom...
- Loch Kernsary on the small Àird Mhòr peninsula, there is the remains of a crannog, located some 10 metres from the s**** and separated from the s**** by...
- Dunluce Castle, County Antrim King's Stables, County Armagh Loughbrickland Crannog, County Down Examples of scheduled monuments in Scotland, as designated...
- the Copts of Egypt. Gaelic kings and aristocrats occupied ringforts or crannógs. Church reforms during the 12th century via the Cistercians stimulated...
- ending around 100 AD, they remained in use beyond the Pictish period. Crannogs, which may originate in Neolithic Scotland, may have been rebuilt, and...
- place of some importance, attested by a crannog that once lay in an ancient lake in the townland. This crannog is stated as having been of a tolerable...