Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Causeway
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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01287, -7.94669
- SMR number
- LE028-028002-
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
A causeway connects the crannog (LE028-028001-) with at SW shore of Keshcarrigan Lough. This is a path that appears to be a natural 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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 April, 2017
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 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.