Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Clooncorick, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooncorick
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98779, -7.63687
- SMR number
- LE030-031----
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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 in deep water towards the SW end of Clooncorick Lough, a subrectangular lake (dims c. 550m NE-SW; c. 140-250m NW-SE), which is slightly smaller than its representation on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is an overgrown, circular, steep-sided, earth and stone island (diam. 17.5m; H 1.5m) surrounded by many interlocking timber beams, both upright and prone. The island has been disturbed in places by fishermen's piers, and it is connected to the shore by a modern wooden bridge. A log boat was observed in the water at this crannog when the water level was extremely low (Kane 1885-6, 408). A programme of radiocarbon dating undertaken by the Discovery Programme produced a date of 610 +- 20 BP (AD 1298-1400) 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 revised revised upload: 30 December 2019
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
Kane, W. F. de V. 1885-6 Notes and Queries: Notes on Crannogs in Leitrim. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 17, 407-09.
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.