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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

- Look up crannog in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crannog (/ˈkrænəɡ/; Irish: crannóg [ˈkɾˠan̪ˠoːɡ]; Scottish Gaelic: crannag [ˈkʰɾan̪ˠak]) is typically...
- 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 Breachacha crannog is a crannog located near Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. The crannog is recognised in the United Kingdom...
- 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 –...
- 307°N 6.297°W / 54.307; -6.297 Loughbrickland Crannóg is a Bronze Age human-made island known as a crannóg, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Banbridge, County...
- water, exposing the remnants of a crannog. As stated, sometime prior to 1879 the water level was lowered and a crannog was exposed within the loch that...
- in Scotland. Barhapple Loch is prin****lly known for the discovery of a Crannog in 1878 on the loch, when it was drained. Glenluce is the largest settlement...
- ending around 100 AD, they remained in use beyond the Pictish period. Crannogs, which may originate in Neolithic Scotland, may have been rebuilt, and...
- between. Many of the islands on Lough Gara are man-made islands called crannógs. Excavations carried out in the 1950s yielded Iron Age, Bronze Age and...
- Retrieved 29 March 2011. Herodotus, Histories, 5.16 "What is a Crannog? – the Scottish Crannog Centre". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stilt houses...