Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Drumcaw (dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcaw (dartree By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17751, -7.14988
- SMR number
- MO012-073----
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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 in a poorly drained valley between drumlins. Drumcaw Lough is represented as an oval lake (max. dims c. 250m WNW-ESE; c. 110m NNE-SSW) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map with the crannog represented as an island close to the NE shore, but the lake would have extended further to the ESE (max. dim. c. 650m WNW-ESE). The lake is now a marshy pasture and the crannog is visible as an oval grass-covered rise (dims 15m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.5m) with stone and charcoal in the matrix.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.