Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Boynagh (kells Lower By., Kilmainham Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boynagh (kells Lower By., Kilmainham Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84032, -6.79708
- SMR number
- ME005-045----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located close to the N shore of Whitewood Lough, a subcircular lake (dims c. 580m N-S; c. 500m E-W). A small crannog was identified in 1955 as a low, barely perceptible mound (diam. 7m) when the level of the lake was lowered (NMI file). It was surrounded by a double row of piles. Its exact location is not known but it is on the shore now.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 6 September 2018
References
NMI file - Topographical files of the National Museum of Ireland. Unpublished
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.