Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Maghery, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maghery
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.23986, -7.12175
- SMR number
- MO008-022----
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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
Mullaghglassan Lough is a triangular lake (dims c. 260m NW-SE; c. 130m NE-SW) with the apex at the SE. During 1983 the level of the lake was lowered by c. 1.2-1.4m and the crannog came to light. It was a circular cairn (diam. 14m; H 0.7m), but no structural features were evident. The top surface was eroded and the natural shoal on which it was built was apparent. The crannog has remained visible ever since. A large part of the skeleton of a Giant Irish Deer was recovered from the lake at the same time.
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: 30 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.