Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Formoyle, County Leitrim, Ireland
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----
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 1869 "Ireland." (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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.