Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Garfiny, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garfiny
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04293, -7.46540
- SMR number
- CV015-044----
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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
Davies (NMI Survey 1941) described a small island (diam. 12.8m) in Garfiny Lough, c. 27.4m from the shoreline with a low cairn and some horizontal oak trunks visible on it. He also found a quern at the site. (Davies 1942, 17)
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.