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It was a very secure village as it was surrounded by water and further protected by a circle of timber logs driven into the ground with wattles woven in and out through them for protection. Access to the village was gained by a drawbridge that could be left up and down as people came and went.
The crannog offered great protection to its people from attacks by wild animals and from its enemies. A watchman was on guard at all times in the lookout tower at the drawbridge, he watched all that happened on the outside, and warned the villagers when danger approached.
My example of a crannog can be seen in the picture.
I used a soft cardboard disc in the centre for the base and foundation of the village. I drilled holes all around the outside of the soft thick cardboard, and placed small logs of oak, ash and beech all native hardwoods from my garden in the holes, for the wattles I used rushes from the bog and wove them in and out between the logs, the bridge was built in the same way. The houses and the lookout tower were made from cardboard and rushes and tatched with golden oat straw from my Uncle Liam's farm. My mammy, daddy, sister Aisling my granny and auntie Imelda all helped me with this project. Mr.Dineen my teacher considered by project a job well done and with his help entered this on the Carrigeen School website.
Padraig Hill.
