Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Ballinlough (leitrim By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlough (leitrim By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07634, -8.45867
- SMR number
- GA125-010----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Formerly located in the SW end of Ballin Lough; the lake has subsequently been drained. Shown on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the OS 6-inch map as a small roughly wedge-shaped island (c. 30m NE-SW; c. 7-15m NW-SE). Labelled 'West Island' by Wood-Martin (1886, 222) and described by him as being 'connected' to the lakeshore during 'the dry season'. An 'excavation' conducted by Wood-Martin in the centre of the island produced 'Bog and clay, with a few bones' for the first 0.6m, beneath which 'wood ashes, full of charred bones' were encountered. On inspection the island was not discernible as it lay in a marshy area which was heavily overgrown with reeds and scrub. Two other crannogs (GA125-011---- and GA125-012----) also formerly lay within the lake c. 80m to the ENE and c. 260m to the E respectively.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 January 2020
References
Wood-Martin, W.G. 1886 (Reprint 1983) The lake dwellings of Ireland: or ancient lacustrine habitations of Erin, commonly called crannogs. Dublin. Hodges, Figgis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.