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Crannog

Tulcon (Mohill By.), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Tulcon, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tulcon (Mohill By.)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.88138, -7.85119
SMR number
LE035-025----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated close to the W shore of Lough Rinn (dims c. 3.8 km N-S; c. 200-400m E-W) in its central area and presently joined to the mainland by a causeway. This could be an island represented on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 23) as the lake appears to have been wider on the W side at that time. It is an overgrown circular island (diam. 22.5m NE-SW; H 1.3m) surrounded by a band (Wth 0.5-2m) of intertwined timbers, some cut square (dims 0.3m x 0.3m; L 1.5m plus). The crannog has a stony centre (diam. 10m; total H 1.95m) and there is a crude slipway at the N edge. Some medieval metalwork and pottery were found at this monument (Lucas 1972, 190, 222-3).

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 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 Unpublished folio of manuscript maps in the National Library of Ireland (14 A 16)

Lucas, A.T. 1972 National Museum of Ireland: archaeological acquisitions in the year 1969. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 102, 181-223.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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