Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Corlougharoe, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corlougharoe
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.14521, -7.13279
- SMR number
- MO017-039----
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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 narrow E-W valley surrounded by drumlins. Corlougharoe Lough is now a sub-triangular lake (dims c. 225m E-W; c. 40-90m N-S) but it was a larger oval feature (dims c. 350m E-W; c. 190m N-S) with an island depicted in the middle of it on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The island is now attached to the S shore as a peninsula and the crannog is visible as a circular grass and scrub-covered platform (diam. 18m; H 0.5m) rising to a stony mound (diam. 2m; H 0.7m) at the centre which is c. 1.7m over the present water level. Traces of a kerb exist on the NE side, outside of which some piles were visible before the cairn disappears into deep water.
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: 8 May 201
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.