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Crannog

Drumcaw (Dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Drumcaw, 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
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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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

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

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

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