Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Corran South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corran South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.60709, -9.12573
- SMR number
- CO133-091----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Close to the centre of Corran Lake, which is surrounded by low hills. It is marked by a clump of rushes which grow on its surface and which are visible from the lakeshore. The crannog was inaccessible and the following description is based on local information supplied by John Kearney and Patrick Cleary. A roughly oval flat-topped earthen mound (c. 11m N-S; c. 7m E-W; H c. 1.8m) with occasional stones noted on its surface is covered by c. 0.3m of water. Tree stumps were noted on the surface at NE and SE. Under the water timbers protrude intermittently from the almost vertical sides of the mound and a concentration of stones was observed at the base of the mound at SW. From the base of the mound there is a gradual slope down to a depth of c. 6m.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.