Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Toome (cremorne By., Clontibret Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toome (cremorne By., Clontibret Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11955, -6.82691
- SMR number
- MO019-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated in Toome Lough, now a sub-rectangular lake (dims c. 450m NW-SE; c. 200-300m NE-SW) but it would have extended off to the SE (max. dims c. 600m NW-SE; c. 200-300m NE-SW) into what is now a marshy area. The crannog is depicted as a small island c. 40m from the NE shore of the present lake on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular overgrown cairn (diam. 19m N-S; 17m E-W; H 2m) partially built on rock outcrop which is visible at S. There is no trace of any wooden structure.
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: 22 June 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.