Cramnog

Cramnog, from the Gaelic crann, 'a tree,' a modern term employed to designate a species of lake-dwelling common in Scotland and Ireland, which consisted of an islet wholly or partially built up from the bottom of the loch by masses of brushwood, steadied by piling, and consolidated by stones and gravel, the whole being surmounted above the level of the water by a platform of timber, earth and stones, on which were wooden huts, often surrounded by palisades for better security. The earliest occurrence of the word in historical documents is in the Register of the Privy-council of Scotland in 1608, when the 'Cramnokis of the Ylis' are classed with 'houssis of defence and strong-holds' to be given up to the king. See LAKE-DWELLINGS.