Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Roosky (fahan Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roosky (fahan Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.99105, -7.46435
- SMR number
- DG055-002----
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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
Marked 'Castle in ruins' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. An artificial island now submerged in Portlough, formerly O'Lappan's Lough, was revealed in 1832 and 1848. The island was formed on a foundation composed of a platform of beams of wood (oak and willow), notched and pinned together. On top of this was an octagonal building of stone and lime each side 10ft long and about 4ft high. No door was found but several iron hinges and hooks were. In addition a piece of an iron 'Hatchet', 'Rude fragments of pottery, bones of sheep and deer', and a pair of iron fetters 3ft 4in long and weighing 10lbs were found. It seems probable that the site was a crannog on which a later medieval building was erected. (UJA 1858, 168-9).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.