Living Past Experience

Can you imagine what life was like for people in the Bronze Age?

How did they adapt? At Craggaunowen you will experience the resilience and fortitude of these early Bronze Age settlers.

At Craggaunowen you gain a fascinating insight into how the Celts made their homes on a Crannog.

The crannog at Craggaunowen is simply a wondrous sight but perhaps what is even more fascinating to visitors is the round houses which stand on these artificially constructed islands.

View Crannog - Lake Dwelling

Crannog - Lake Dwelling

Ring Fort

Craggaunowen includes a Ring Fort, a true reproduction of a farmer's house, dating from the 4th or 5th century.

Ring forts, of which there are about 40,000 examples throughout Ireland, were the standard type of farmstead during the early Christian Period (5th -12th centuries AD).

View Ring Fort

Explore a reconstructed soutterain, a part of the ring fort, showing how these underground spaces may have been used.

Souterrain (below ground) or underground passages were designed primarily as food storage areas, but also as refuge from attack!
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View The Souterrain

The Souterrain

Fulacht Fiadh

The Fulacht Fiadh, a reconstructed cooking site, was common throughout the country during the Bronze Age.

Hunting parties in Irelandused them over a long period of time, from the early Bronze Age all the way to the Elizabethan period!

View Fulacht Fiadh

The Togher (Iron Age wooden track) was originally laid in 148AD, during the Iron Age

They were essential for transportation, allowing people to move goods, livestock, and themselves across otherwise impassable wetland areas.

View Togher - Iron Age Road