Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Clenlough, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clenlough
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.23494, -7.10287
- SMR number
- MO008-026----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Lough Clean is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular feature (dims c. 420m NW-SE; c. 180m NE-SW; with an arm (dims c. 500m x c. 60-120m) extending E from its S end. The E arm is now almost dried up and the W arm is almost divided into two portions where the crannog is located. It is now a circular overgrown area (diam. 22m N-S; H 1.5m) with no structural features visible, but the matrix does contain ash and charcoal.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.