Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Errew (carrigallen By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Errew (carrigallen By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95163, -7.62440
- SMR number
- LE034-008----
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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. 40m from the NW shore of the central part (dims c. 750m NE-SW; c. 200m NW-SE at NE to c. 500m NW-SE at SW) of Gulladoo Lough (L c. 3km NE-SW). This is an overgrown, circular and stony area (diam. 18m N-S; 17.5m E-W; H 1.5m) surrounded by timber planks and stakes (max. L 1.5m; diam. 0.3m) concentrated in a C-shaped area defined by a low stone wall in the water SE-SW, possibly an attempt to enlarge the crannog. A programme of radiocarbon dating undertaken by the Discovery Programme produced two dates of 520 +- 20 BP (AD 1398-1439) and 485 +- 25 (1411-1447) 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
Amended: 9 December 2019, 30/12/2019
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.