Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Rea, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Rea
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18706, -8.56330
- SMR number
- GA105-226----
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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 in the ESE part of Lough Rea. This crannog is c. 120 from the shoreline to the E and lies in 2.3m of water. It is roughly circular in plan (9.8m E-W; 9.7m N-S) and there appears to be a raised area (4.5m E-W; 4.1m N-S) in the middle of it; a modern small cairn is visible at its N end (information from K. McDonald).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 9 January 2019
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.