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Crannog

Clenlough, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Clenlough, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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