Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Tawnagh More, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnagh More
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Maw Island
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88704, -7.84977
- SMR number
- LE035-024----
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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 the centre of Lough Rinn (dims c. 3.8km N-S; c. 200-400m E-W). A small island is depicted on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 23), and it is also depicted (diam. c. 20m) on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as ‘Maw Island’. Kane (1885-6, 408) lists this island as one of the crannogs of Lough Rinn. This feature has disappeared and cannot be identified from the surface, but its base might still survive.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 January 2020
References
Wogan, W. 1750 A Book of Maps of the Estates belonging to Nathaniel Clements Esqr. In the Parishes of Mohill & Cloone, in the County of Leitrim. Unpublished folio of manuscript maps in the National Library of Ireland (14 A 16)
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.