: an artificial fortified island constructed in a lake or marsh originally in prehistoric Ireland and Scotland
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The structure appears to have been a crannog, a type of artificial platform.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Mystery surrounds these features, which were likely used for both monuments and settlements, according to the Islands of Stone project, devoted to researching crannogs.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
The flint tool could help date the crannog to the Neolithic period, which spanned from 7000 to 1700 B.C., according to the Smithsonian Institution.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Researchers had an inkling that some crannogs had Stone Age beginning in the 1980s, when excavations at a crannog at Scotland’s North Uist island revealed Neolithic artifacts.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 June 2019
Neolithic Britons loved building things with big rocks, but the crannogs are unlike settlements or other monuments.
—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
The team hopes to use sonar to identify more hidden crannogs in the Outer Hebrides.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 June 2019
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Mystery surrounds these features, which were likely used for both monuments and settlements, according to the Islands of Stone project, devoted to researching crannogs.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
The flint tool could help date the crannog to the Neolithic period, which spanned from 7000 to 1700 B.C., according to the Smithsonian Institution.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Researchers had an inkling that some crannogs had Stone Age beginning in the 1980s, when excavations at a crannog at Scotland’s North Uist island revealed Neolithic artifacts.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 June 2019
Neolithic Britons loved building things with big rocks, but the crannogs are unlike settlements or other monuments.
—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
The team hopes to use sonar to identify more hidden crannogs in the Outer Hebrides.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 June 2019
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“Crannog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crannog. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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