: an artificial fortified island constructed in a lake or marsh originally in prehistoric Ireland and Scotland
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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.
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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
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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Word History
Etymology
Scottish Gaelic crannag & Irish crannóg
First Known Use
1608, in the meaning defined above
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“Crannog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crannog. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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