Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Drumcaw (trough By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcaw (trough By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.29610, -6.95707
- SMR number
- MO006-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the N end of the W shore of the rectangular Drumcaw Lough (dims c. 200m NNE-SSW; c. 180m WNW-ESE). There is a small inaccessible overgrown island (diam. c. 15m) here. (Smyth 1954, 5)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 29 August 2017
References
Smyth, Rev. J. 1954 Crannogs in North Monaghan, Clogher Record, vol. 1, No. 2, 1-7.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.