Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Avalreagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Avalreagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicaetd
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.19247, -6.82263
- SMR number
- MO014-026----
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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
Situated close to the NW shore of a small subrectangular lake (max. dims c. 230m NE-SW; c. 110-160m NW-SE) that was unnamed and has now dried up completely. It is depicted as a small island (diam. c. 5m) only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A circular overgrown cairn (diam. 15m; H 0.3m) rises from the bog. No structural features are visible.
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: 26 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.