Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Gowna, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Gowna
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85179, -7.57397
- SMR number
- LF006-010----
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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
In Lough Gowna , c. 40m to the W of a wooded peninsula. This irregular island (56m E–W; 42m N–S) rises 1.46m above the lake-bed and is overgrown with trees and sparse ground vegetation. Its surface is fairly level and consists of blackened shattered stones. In places there are concentrations of low piles (diam. 2–3m) of similar stones. It is possible that this island is natural based on its size and surface. At NE it is connected to the nearby peninsula via a causeway of stones that was constructed in three sections. The first section (L 4m; Wth 2m), located nearest to the island, is made up of large rounded stones that form a frame filled with a variety of smaller stones. The next section (L 10m) is constructed of a thin line of subangular stones laid down one next to the other. The third section (L 12m), nearest to the shore, consists of densely packed stones.
Compiled by: Christina Fredengren
Date of upload: 13 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.