Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Clonagonnell, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonagonnell
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97441, -7.39496
- SMR number
- CV025-128----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roughly circular mound (H 0.45m; dims 12.1m NW-SE; 3.2 NE-SW) composed of earth and small stones. Apparent break in the embankment 3.1m wide at NE. Scattered about the mound are numerous small stones. According to local information the site had been investigated previously and some ashes were uncovered. (Wood-Martin 1886, 197-9; Davies 1942, 20)
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.