Crannog

Word CRANNOG
Character 7
Hyphenation cran nog
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Crannog"

What do we mean by crannog?

An ancient Irish dwelling or fort built on an artificial island in a lake or marsh. noun

An ancient lake-dwelling in Ireland. noun

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. noun

An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling. noun

An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling.

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The word "crannog" in example sentences

It was a crannog: a grouping of round, reed-thatched huts raised on oak piles above the swampy ground and connected by a network of swaying rope-and-wood causeways. ❋ Anna Elliott (2010)

And one for the house of Christian holy women where Cerdic was now, to the east of the crannog. ❋ Anna Elliott (2010)

His gaze was still shifting nervously about the crannog, and she could see a glitter of perspiration on his brow. ❋ Anna Elliott (2010)

The only light in the small room was from the flare of the torches set around the crannog outside. ❋ Anna Elliott (2010)

It`s a reconstruction of a Loch Tay crannog dating from 600BC. ❋ Spinningfishwife (2007)

There was a lot of textile stuff in both the exhibition and in the reconstructed crannog....fibres and yarns from plants like nettles as well as sheep wool, natural dyeing, several reconstructions of stone weighted looms and of course stone whorl spindles. ❋ Spinningfishwife (2007)

Meanwhile, archaeologists excavating a Welsh crannog, or bog dwelling built on stilts, may have found evidence of a royal fondness for the corgi dog that predates Queen Elizabeth II's by more than a millennium. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The island in the lake was probably a crannog, or artificial fortified island, such as are common on the lakes of Ireland. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

It is not shown that any men ever lived on the tops of cairns, and, even if they did so in modern times (1556-1758) they could not leave abundant relics of the broch and crannog age (said to be of 400-1100 A.D.), and leave no relics of modern date. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

As people certainly did live on these structures of Langbank and Dunbuie during the broch and crannog age (centuries 5-12) it really matters not to our purpose _why_ they did so, or _how_ they did so. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

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