Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Laheen (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laheen (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01295, -7.94640
- SMR number
- LE028-028----
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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
Located c. 30m from the SW shore of the subrectangular Keshcarrigan Lough (dims c. 1km NW-SE; c. 550m NE-SW). This is an overgrown, circular, stony island (diam. 15m; H 0.3m) with some evidence of a timber palisade visible at NW, and it is connected to the shore by a causeway (LE028-028002-) at SW. This is a path that appears to be a naturalA programme of radiocarbon dating undertaken by the Discovery Programme produced a date of 890 +- 20 BP (AD 1045-1214) from wood taken from the crannog (O’Conor and Fredengren 2019, 91). gravel ridge (L c. 30m) c 1m below the water level, with a wooden raft (dims c. 6m x c. 1m) in its central area.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
O’Conor, K. and Fredengren, C. 2019 Medieval settlement in Leitrim, c. 1169-c. 1380. in In Kelly, L. and Scott, B. Leitrim: History and Society, 79-101. Dublin, Geography Publications
Nearby in the register
- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.