Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Dúleitir Thoir, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dúleitir Thoir
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34777, -9.80319
- SMR number
- GA064-011----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In the SE end of Loch Dhúleitir/Dooletter Lough. Indicated on the 1839 edition and 1898 revision of the OS 6-inch map as a small island. Following a prolonged dry spell in the summer of 2010, the water level of the lake dropped revealing that this was the remains of a small roughly subcircular crannog (c. 14m N-S; c. 11m E-W) which was defined by a stone wall. Access would have been gained at E and most of the interior had been sluiced out by wave action (pers. comm. M. Gibbons). Current aerial imagery (OSi MapGenie 2013-2018) suggests that a causeway may extend to the SE off the entrance. (Siggins 2010)
The following image has been uploaded: GA064-011----.pdf
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 7 July 2023
Siggins, L. 2010 Crannóg site revealed after lake’s level drops. The Irish Times, 29 June 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Crannog1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
- Memorial stone1 mi
- Kiln - lime1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.