Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Rea, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Rea
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Long Island
- Latest-edition OS map
- Long Island
- Coordinates
- 53.19556, -8.57247
- SMR number
- GA105-198002-
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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
Located within the NE sector of Lough Rea, this is one of six crannogs (see also GA105-198----, GA105-198001-, GA105-198003-, GA105-199---- and GA105-224----) in this area of the lake. The crannog (D 13m) appears to have been artificially built on stones, which extended out from it for a distance of 4m below the water at N and S. The interior rose gradually towards a flat-topped mound (H c. 1.2m). Traces of a bank (L c. 3m; Wth c. 1m; H 0.3m) were visible at S. The interior was densely overgrown with brambles, trees and fallen trees. A possible slipway (L 1.5m; Wth 0.4m) marked by loose stones was evident at N. A possible causeway extended off it at E (information from K. McDonald).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 January 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.