Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Melvin, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Melvin
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Crannoge
- Coordinates
- 54.44652, -8.26352
- SMR number
- LE002-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a small island described as a 'Crannoge' in italic lettering on the 1907 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and located about 40m from the S shore of Lough Melvin towards its W extremity in Ballymore townland. A circular mound of gravel and stone (diam. c. 15m) is 0.8-1.2m below the present water level, but with no visible evidence of artificial construction.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.