Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Gortnawinny, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnawinny
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20342, -7.21506
- SMR number
- MO012-014----
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
Located at the centre of the subrectangular Gortawinny Lough (max. dims c. 370m E-W; c. 370m N-S), which is now substantially reduced. This is an oval overgrown island (dims 22m E-W; 16m N-S; max. H 1m over the water) at the edge of deep water on the S side, but on the N there is a gentler slope with evidence of a kerb visible below the water. Burnt clay, animal bones and medieval pottery were noted in 1941 (SMR file).
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 29 January 2018
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.