Crannog - Celtic Scotland timber-built fortified lake village.
Creasing - þ-shaped mark on a wall, marking the pitch of a former roof.
Crenel - The low segment of the alternating high and low segments of a battlement.
Crannog: An Irish fort or lake dwelling dating from the Bronze Age and used up to the 16th century which was located on islet, often an artificial one which was built up in a lake or marsh. (Ir. crann, tree).
Early archaeologists like Ferdinand Keller thought they formed artificial islands, much like the Scottish Crannogs, but today it is clear that the majority of settlements was located on the shores of lakes and were only inundated later on.
 See also: Brick, Wattle, Chamber, Villa, House
  
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