Gliocas Bhail

Gliocas Bhail was a logging village set up within the Dorchadas woods on Skarn. Set up by peasants from Craònaith, it was initially successful in supplying timber but after the winter of ... all the residents had died. It was abandoned since and has never been resettled.

History
The smaller amount of woods on Craònaith have aways caused Craònites to value forest as a precious commodity. This initially was alleviated by bartering for timber from their wealthier easter neighbours but as relations broke down in the early medieval period this became a less reliable supply. Instead Craònites looked to Skarn, a unclaimed wealth of forrest. Regular parties would sail over and harvest timber in the Dorchadas woods, but to sustain this supply of workers it was decided to build a settlement in the clearing they had created, Gliocas Bhaile. The first 13 years were fruitful, but the 14th winter was harsh and storms from the north west made crossing to Craònaith were impossible. By spring the storms had subsided and a relief party was sent but only the bodies of the villagers remained. Famine had weakened the settlers and a storm destroyed many of the houses. A small party had set out and formed a makeshift camp on Bás Rock within Midtmose Bog but shared the same fate. The relief party could not return with all the bodies so a mass grave was dug on Bás Rock.