Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Leamanish, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leamanish
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Quarry
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02406, -7.90845
- SMR number
- LE024-054----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated c. 100m from the NE shore of triangular Castlefore Lough (max. dims c. 800m ENE-WSW; c. 450m NNW-SSE at E). This is an overgrown and artificial circular island of earth and stone (diam. 20m) with intermittently visible evidence of wooden piles around the perimeter.
See the attached view from the E.
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.