Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Aghalough (carrigallen By., Aghavas Ed), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghalough (carrigallen By., Aghavas Ed)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98982, -7.74547
- SMR number
- LE029-038----
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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
Near the centre of the triangular Lough Donogher (dims. c. 600m NW-SE; 550m E-W). Scrub-covered circular island (diam. 17.5m; H 0.3m) surrounded by upright timber piles (diam. 0.15m; L 0.3m) at the S edge. Fragments of disc querns were recovered from the crannog (Lucas 1958, 132). A programme of radiocarbon dating undertaken by the Discovery Programme produced a date of 525 +- 20 BP (AD 1330-1438) from wood taken from the crannog (O’Conor and Fredengren 2019, 91).
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
References
Lucas, A. T. 1958 National Museum of Ireland - Archaeological acquisitions in the year 1957. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 115-38.
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