Preh. Archæol. [a. Irish crannog, Gael. crannag structure of timber, pulpit, round top of a mast, cross-trees of a ship, etc., deriv. of crann tree, beam, mast, shaft, etc.
Erroneously printed crannoge by Dr. Daniel Wilson, and after him by many archæologists, with pl. crannoges, as if the g were soft.]
An ancient lake-dwelling in Scotland or Ireland.
1851. D. Wilson, Preh. Ann. (1863), I. II. ii. 351. One of the ancient Lake villages or Crannoges. Ibid., II. III. iii. 99.
1886. Athenæum, 24 April, 556/2. The Irish crannogs continued to be resorted to, in troublous times, even down to the seventeenth century.
1892. Times, 24 Oct., 3/3. The well-known palisades of the crannogs in Scotland and Ireland.
attrib. 1851. D. Wilson, Preh. Ann., II. III. iii. 100. The ancient forests of the Crannoge era.
1887. Westm. Rev., June, 345. Engineering and mechanical skill on the part of these early crannoge builders.
Hence Crannoger, a dweller in a crannog.
1884. Times, 16 Sept., 9/4. Crannogers felt strong in their fastnesses, and were unwilling to quit them for the convenience of the mainland.
