Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Gortnana (monaghan By.),ballagh,kiltubbrid (monaghan By.),togan,leck, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnana (monaghan By.),ballagh,kiltubbrid (monaghan By.),togan,leck
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20408, -7.01399
- SMR number
- MO013-016----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in Ballagh Lough, a subrectangular lake (dims c. 250m NW-SE; c. 200m NE-SW) where the MacMahon assented to a Papal Bull ‘at our stronghold of Lochnalach’ in 1297 (Smyth 1954, 3-4). This is a circular grass-covered cairn (diam. 14m; H 0.5m over reduced water level). When the water level was first lowered in 1976 a double ring of piles was noted together with portion of a dug-out canoe (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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 22 February 2018
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Smyth, Rev. J. 1954 Crannogs in North Monaghan, Clogher Record, vol. 1, No. 2, 1-7.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Inauguration siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.