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Crannog

Formoyle, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Formoyle, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Formoyle
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Glencar Isd.
Latest-edition OS map
Glencar Island
Coordinates
54.33635, -8.36838
SMR number
LE006-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the E end of Glencar Lough. The eastern crannog in Glencar Lough, then known as Glen Dallain, was disputed by two branches of the O'Rourke in 1541 (AFM vol. 5, 1463-5). This feature is an oval grass and scrub-covered island (dims 14m E-W; 5m N-S; H 0.2m) with no 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

References

AFM - Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the earliest period to the year 1616, ed. and trans. John O'Donovan (7 vols., Dublin, 1851; reprint New York, 1966)

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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