Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
An Máimín, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Máimín
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.24689, -9.67577
- SMR number
- GA090-012----
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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 the centre of Loch Hoirbeaird. Kinahan (1872, 11) recorded a 'lake stone-dwelling' in this lake, describing it as 'a peculiar structure somewhat allied to a crannog, being wholly or in part an artificial island, but no wood appears to have been used in its construction'. This would appear to be one of the two completely overgrown oval islands towards the lake centre. Inspected from lake shore only. (Wood-Martin 1893, 33)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.