Loughbrickland Crannóg
Appearance
54°18′25″N 6°17′49″W / 54.307°N 6.297°W
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Loughbrickland Crannóg is a Bronze Age human-made island known as a crannóg, four miles (6.5 km) south west of Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the middle of the lough, 1 mile from the village of Loughbrickland. The crannóg in Loughbrickland is a Scheduled Historic Monument in the townland of Drumnahare, in Banbridge District, at grid reference J1113 4118.[1] It is easily visible from the south-bound carriageway of the trunk A1 Belfast-Dublin route, just past the B3 Rathfriland exit.
References
[edit]- ^ "Drumnahare" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - Scheduled Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
Categories:
- Archaeological sites in County Down
- Scheduled monuments in Northern Ireland
- Islands of County Down
- Uninhabited islands of Northern Ireland
- Former populated places in Northern Ireland
- Bronze Age sites in Europe
- Lake islands of Northern Ireland
- Crannogs in Ireland
- County Down geography stubs
- Ireland archaeology stubs
- United Kingdom archaeology stubs
- Northern Ireland building and structure stubs