Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Derinish More, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derinish More
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stony Island
- Coordinates
- 54.01230, -7.46656
- SMR number
- CV020-015----
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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
Small roughly circular island (diam. c. 30m) situated in Lough Oughter in a strait between the townlands of Derinish More and Eonish, in shallow water, c. 80m from the shoreline. Davies (ITA Survey 1942) described a cairn (diam. c. 5.4m; H c. 2.4m) encircled with piles situated on the central part of the island. A pot which Davies dated to the Late Bronze Age was found at the site. (Milligan 1885, 151)
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.