Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Curraun,drumgowla (mohill By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraun,drumgowla (mohill By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94556, -7.83790
- SMR number
- LE033-002----
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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 at the centre of Curraun Lough, a small oval lake (max. dims c. 250m NW-SE; c. 100m NE-SW) that is represented on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map as being larger (max. dims c. 325m NW-SE; c. 150m NE-SW). This feature is represented as an island on the OS 6-inch maps and appears to be an overgrown flat-topped island (diam. c. 20m) but it is inaccessible through silting and reed growth. Nevertheless, it is very likely to be a crannog, and crannog (LE033-001----) is c. 30m to the NW.
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
Amended: 6 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.