Rinnaknock Boat

Rinnaknock Boat

The Rinnaknock boat is a small one-man logboat, about 9ft long, with the footrest lugs still in place. The gunwhales are largely eroded leaving a slightly scalloped shape, but the lower hull is intact. The wreck was located by sidescan amongst rocks close to...
Baurisheen Lakeboat

Baurisheen Lakeboat

Perfect weather meant that we could get some great footage of this old lakeboat. There is a large stone on the aft seat, and another midships. An interesting wreck with a story to tell.       The wreck is 25ft down, and Baurisheen seems to be a gloomy...
Rabbit Island Boat

Rabbit Island Boat

From near the bow looking aft. The boat is 28ft long, in a moderate state of preservation. Four poorly preserved iron spearheads were found inside the vessel.     Tha Bow of the vessel – she is made of knotty oak, by the iron age most of the good tall...
Clydagh 10 logboat

Clydagh 10 logboat

The C10 Logboat, approximately 20ft long in deep water. This is a particularly mobile part of the lake where the silt bottom moves every winter, covering or exposing objects on the bottom. Very little is currently known about this vessel, but I couldn’t resist...
The Clydagh Boat

The Clydagh Boat

It would be great if an American or European University could get involved in this project – there are so many Phd’s and papers under this lake that I’ve lost count. Strangely it doesn’t seem to be the sort of archaeology that Irish...
Clydagh Rocks Boat

Clydagh Rocks Boat

A small logboat, probably similar to the Rinnaknock Boat. It was discovered by Trevor Northage in 17ft of water close to Clydagh House, and filmed using a RunCam equipped targetting dropcamera and piggyback mounted Gopro Hero 4. The boat is approximately 10ft long and...