Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Drummeel, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drummeel
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Frys Island
- Coordinates
- 53.75060, -7.63959
- SMR number
- LF009-034----
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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 Currygrane Lough. This oval, high-cairn crannog (13.5m N–S; 11m E–W) rises 1.8m above the muddy lake-bed. Only one area, a mound (H 1.5m) in the S half of the island, is above water. It may be due to the build-up of a swan’s nest at this location. The island seems to have no other major topographical differences discernible above the water line. The edges of the crannog are distinct in material and consist of small stones against a soft lake-bed. Another crannog (LF009-035----) lies c. 175m to the SW.
Compiled by: Christina Fredengren
Date of upload: 13 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.