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crannog
crannog: see lake dwelling.
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crannog

In Scotland and Ireland, an artificially constructed site for a house or settlement, usually on an islet or in the shallows of a lake. Made of timber or sometimes stone, crannogs date from the Late Bronze Age into the Middle Ages. Usually fortified by stockades, they were among the latest prehistoric strongholds. Seealso Lake Dwellings.

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Crannog rises out of lake.(News)
Jun 29, 2004; Byline: By Sally Williams Western Mail Visitors to Llangorse Lake in Powys could be forgiven for thinking they're seeing double -...
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Unusual food plants from Oakbank Crannog, Loch Tay, Scottish Highlands: cloudberry, opium poppy and spelt wheat.
Dec 01, 1998; The crannog at Oakhank Oakbank crannog is situated near the east end of Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1...
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No sinking feeling for the Loughbrickland crannog.
Mar 06, 2007; LOUGHBRICKLAND'S historic crannog is not shrinking or sinking, according to the Environment and Heritage Service. Late last year...
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The plants and the people from Buiston Crannog, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Dec 01, 1996; The 'crannog' of Buiston The word 'crannog' is a term used in Scotland and Ireland to describe a category of archaeological...
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crannog
Jan 01, 2007; crannog, the archaeological term for an artificial lake island, from the Irish crannóg . Early Irish texts, however, almost...
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