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Crannog

Kiltycreevagh, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Kiltycreevagh, County Longford, 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
Kiltycreevagh
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.88172, -7.72762
SMR number
LF002-004001-

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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

In the SE end of Clooncose Lough; in drumlin terrain. This oval, high-cairn crannog (24.1m E–W; 20.2m N–S) rises 2.5m above the brown muddy lake-bed. A mid-mound (11m N–S; 10m E–W; H 0.8m) at the SE is grass-covered and quite uneven. It slopes gradually in all directions. Around its edges are blackened and what appear to be fire-cracked, shattered stones. A submerged plateau (Wth c. 6m) surrounds the mid-mound and it was identified at a depth of 1.2m underwater. To the N the plateau consists of flagstones and shattered stones that seem to sit on gaseous mud. It falls gradually towards the edge of the crannog on this side. To the S it is steeper and has a higher mud content. There is a tradition of a stone sculpture (LF002-004002-) on the crannog but it was not located during the field survey.

Compiled by: Christina Fredengren

Date of upload: 13 January 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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