Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Rea, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Rea
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Stone Islands South
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Islands South
- Coordinates
- 53.18304, -8.56080
- SMR number
- GA105-227----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located within the SE sector of Lough Rea and one of a group of three of small reefs, running NE-SW, named 'Stone Islands South' on the 1838 edition and 1929 revision of the OS 6-inch map. This crannog (c. 16.7m E-W; c. 12.5m N-S) is the most north easterly reef and it is constructed of stone similar to other crannogs in the lake (see also GA105-198----, GA105-198001-, GA105-198002- and GA105-198003-). It is 1.3m below the surface of the water and its only visible indication is a single tree (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.