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Meath<br />

populated with good grazing land for large herds <strong>of</strong> cattle. <strong>The</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> rotary querns on<br />

the crannog also suggests some measure <strong>of</strong> arable farming. It is likely that the crannog was<br />

being provisioned by the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the ringforts and enclosed settlements found around<br />

the local lakeshore.<br />

Fig. 259: Plan <strong>of</strong> Moynagh Lough crannog (after Bradley 1991).<br />

References:<br />

Bradley, J. 1982-3. Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath 1980-81: interim report. Ríocht<br />

na Mídhe, 7(2), 12–32.<br />

Bradley, J. 1984. Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath 1982-83: interim report. Ríocht<br />

na Mídhe, 7(3), 86–93.<br />

Bradley, J. 1985-6. Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath 1984: a summary report’.<br />

Ríocht na Mídhe, 7(4), 79–82.<br />

Bradley, J. 1990-1. Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath, 1985 and 1987. Ríocht na<br />

Mídhe, 8 (3), 21–35.<br />

Bradley, J. 1991. Excavations at Moynagh Lough. Journal <strong>of</strong> the Royal Society <strong>of</strong> Antiquaries<br />

<strong>of</strong> Ireland, 121, 5–26.<br />

Bradley, J. 1993 Moynagh Lough: an insular workshop <strong>of</strong> the second quarter <strong>of</strong> the 8 th<br />

century. In R. M. Spearman & J. Higgit (eds) <strong>The</strong> Age <strong>of</strong> Migrating Ideas: Early Medieval Art<br />

in Northern Britain and Ireland, 74–80. Edinburgh. Stroud and <strong>The</strong> National Museum <strong>of</strong><br />

Scotland.<br />

Bradley, J. 1994-5. Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, 9(1), 158–<br />

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