Definition of Crannoges

1. crannoge [n] - See also: crannoge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crannoges

crankpin
crankpins
cranks
cranks up
crankset
cranksets
crankshaft
crankshafts
cranky
crannied
crannies
crannock
crannocks
crannog
crannoge
crannoges (current term)
crannogs
cranny
crannying
cranreuch
cranreuchs
crans
crant
crantara
crants
crantses

Literary usage of Crannoges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities ... in the Museum of the Royal by Royal Irish Academy Museum, William Robert Wilde (1857)
"Ill to 115 are five pieces of oak timber procured from crannoges, each morticed at the end. They average 3 feet 6 inches in length, and 10 inches in breadth ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The antiquities of the county comprise monoliths, circles of standing stones, crannoges, and cairns. In almost all the burying grounds—as at Campbeltown, ..."

3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... the sails are kept full. Laissez aller. [Fr.] Let go. Laissez faire. [Fr.] J.ct do. Lake-dwellings ; crannoges, Ireland and Scotland ; Pfahlbauten, ..."

4. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by William Robert Wilde, Royal Irish Academy Museum (1863)
"Ill to 115 are five pieces of oak timber procured from crannoges, each morticed at the end. They average 3 feet 6 inches in length, and 10 inches in breadth ..."

5. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man: With an Outline of Glacial by Charles Lyell (1873)
"... DATE OF THE BRONZE AND STONE PERIODS IN SWITZERLAND LAKE-DWELLINGS, OR ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS CALLED 'crannoges,' IN IRELAND. , Works of Art in Danish Peat. ..."

6. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable by William Robert Wilde (1861)
"Under the head of Wooden Material may be considered those stockaded islands denominated in the Irish Annals crannoges, or little wooden islands, ..."

7. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities ... in the Museum of the Royal by Royal Irish Academy Museum, William Robert Wilde (1857)
"Ill to 115 are five pieces of oak timber procured from crannoges, each morticed at the end. They average 3 feet 6 inches in length, and 10 inches in breadth ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The antiquities of the county comprise monoliths, circles of standing stones, crannoges, and cairns. In almost all the burying grounds—as at Campbeltown, ..."

9. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... the sails are kept full. Laissez aller. [Fr.] Let go. Laissez faire. [Fr.] J.ct do. Lake-dwellings ; crannoges, Ireland and Scotland ; Pfahlbauten, ..."

10. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by William Robert Wilde, Royal Irish Academy Museum (1863)
"Ill to 115 are five pieces of oak timber procured from crannoges, each morticed at the end. They average 3 feet 6 inches in length, and 10 inches in breadth ..."

11. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man: With an Outline of Glacial by Charles Lyell (1873)
"... DATE OF THE BRONZE AND STONE PERIODS IN SWITZERLAND LAKE-DWELLINGS, OR ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS CALLED 'crannoges,' IN IRELAND. , Works of Art in Danish Peat. ..."

12. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable by William Robert Wilde (1861)
"Under the head of Wooden Material may be considered those stockaded islands denominated in the Irish Annals crannoges, or little wooden islands, ..."

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