Crannogs is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Crannogs meaning
plural of crannog
Using Crannogs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of crannog
- In the example corpus, crannogs often appears in combinations such as: of crannogs, crannogs have.
Context around Crannogs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crannogs
- In this selection, "crannogs" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, larger, scottish, few, built, saw and took stand out and add context to how "crannogs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include built on crannogs and crannogs have been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crannogs" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crannogs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In some instances, more than one structure was built on crannogs. (11 words)
They said it was possible other Scottish crannogs, and similar sites in Ireland, were also Neolithic. (16 words)
For 'crannogs' in the strict sense, typically this effort began on a shallow reef or rise in the lochbed. (19 words)
Larger crannogs could be occupied by extended families or communal groups, and access was either by logboats or coracles while evidence for timber or stone causeways exists on a large number of crannogs. (33 words)
Crannogs have been variously interpreted as free-standing wooden structures, as at Loch Tay, although more commonly they exist as brush, stone or timber mounds that can be revetted with timber piles. (32 words)
In contrast, relatively few crannogs have been excavated since the Second World War, although this number has steadily grown, especially since the early 1980s, and may soon surpass pre-war totals. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
Larger crannogs could be occupied by extended families or communal groups, and access was either by logboats or coracles while evidence for timber or stone causeways exists on a large number of crannogs.
They said it was possible other Scottish crannogs, and similar sites in Ireland, were also Neolithic.
Crannog reoccupation is important and significant, especially in the many instances of crannogs built near natural islets that were often completely unused.
Crannogs have been variously interpreted as free-standing wooden structures, as at Loch Tay, although more commonly they exist as brush, stone or timber mounds that can be revetted with timber piles.
For 'crannogs' in the strict sense, typically this effort began on a shallow reef or rise in the lochbed.
In contrast, relatively few crannogs have been excavated since the Second World War, although this number has steadily grown, especially since the early 1980s, and may soon surpass pre-war totals.
In some instances, more than one structure was built on crannogs.
Other types of crannogs saw the occupants add large stones to the waterline of small natural islets, extending and enlarging them over successive phases of renewal.
Thus the re-occupiers may have viewed crannogs as a legacy that remained alive in local tradition and memory.
Types and problems with definition Replica Crannóg on Loch Tay Crannogs took on many different forms and methods of construction based on what was available in the immediate landscape.
Common combinations with crannogs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of crannogs 3×
- crannogs have 2×