Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Loughpark (dunmore By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughpark (dunmore By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52086, -8.81556
- SMR number
- GA029-202----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying marshy ground prone to flooding. Macalister et al. (1914, 147-51) investigated this crannog (D c. 44.5m, H 1.2m) and described it as 'an insignificant circular mound, shaped like an inverted saucer, with a shallow ditch around it'. Subsequent excavations revealed that it was constructed of piles infilled with stone, peat and marl, with a stone-lined jetty (L 3m) at N. Finds included bronze, iron, wooden and stone artifacts, as well as numerous animal bones, suggesting occupation in both the Early Historic and Medieval periods. No visible surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.