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Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: Scottish Gaelic crannag & Irish crannóg Date: 1608 an artificial fortified island constructed in a lake or marsh originally in prehistoric Ireland and Scotland
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. an ancient lake-dwelling in Scotland or Ireland. Etymology: Ir. f. crann tree, beam
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Crannog Cran"nog (kr?n"n?g), Crannoge Cran"noge (kr?n"n?j), n. [From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a tree.] One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake. --Encyc. Brit.
