Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Cortober (Cremorne By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cortober (Cremorne By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04244, -6.93265
- SMR number
- MO026-010----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Situated in the NE corner of Derrygoony Lough, a sub-rectangular lake (dims c. 1.1knm E-W; c. 130-c. 350m N-S), with a N-S channel just to the W. A circular cairn of stones (diam. 11m) is encroached upon and surrounded by a marsh on the N side. No structural features are evident.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 26 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.