Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Annagh (inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh (inchiquin By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94024, -9.05213
- SMR number
- CL017-118----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Near the SW shore of Lough Atedaun. This crannog—and another (CL017-121----), situated at the opposite end of the lake, c. 670m to the NE — were discovered by Fr. Thomas MacNamara in the summer of 1972, a very dry period when the lake level was exceptionally low. The finding was reported to Prof. Etienne Rynne of University College, Galway, who visited the site in October 1972. Rynne (1981, 93) described this crannog as a suboval mound (13.5m NW-SE; 9.5m NE-SW; H 1.2m) of stones, surrounded by swampy ground. Subsequent satellite imagery (e.g., MapGenie 2013-18) shows the crannog to be periodically flooded when the lake level rises.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 29-10-2025
References
Rynne, E. 1981 Crannogs in Lough Atedaun, Corofin, Co. Clare (note). North Munster Antiquarian Journal 23, 93-94.
Nearby in the register
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.