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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lough Scannaimh - Crannog in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Galway

Submitted by damian120 on Tuesday, 22 May 2018  Page Views: 1815

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lough Scannaimh
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 6.819 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Galway Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Carna  Nearest Village: Carna
Latitude: 53.322000N  Longitude: 9.791W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Lough Scannaimh
Lough Scannaimh submitted by damian120 : Connemara The crannog on the lake Image copyright: damian1202, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Crannog in Co. Galway

Said to be the best preserved Crannog in Connemara. A picture-postcard setting with the mountain backdrop.
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Re: Lough Scannaimh by jopplanje on Sunday, 15 September 2019
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It should make Germany much nicer ... ;-)
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Re: Lough Scannaimh by jopplanje on Saturday, 14 September 2019
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Longitude probably wrong [corrected, thanks], it is now located on the map in Germany [now back in Galway] ... :-D
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