Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Port (Bawnboy ED), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Port (Bawnboy ED)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09728, -7.67316
- SMR number
- CV013-050----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Small circular island (diam. c. 17m) marked on all OS eds., c. 25m N of St Mogue's island on which is situated an early ecclesiastical site (CV013-049----), and 170m from the shoreline. Davies (1948, 116) described it as probably being a crannóg. (CUCAP BGQ 69)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.