Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
An Port (tc Dún Fionnachaidh), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Port (tc Dún Fionnachaidh)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.16013, -7.98236
- SMR number
- DG025-012----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Dimensions 23.5m E-W, 24.5m N-S. An artificially constructed mound of stones c. 1m above the present level of Port Lough. It is covered by trees and vegetation except on the W side where parts of a saddle quern and a portion of a rotary quern were found. There are two landing stages consisting of three-sided projections one to the E and another to the S. It is situated c. 150m offshore.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.