Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lisinisky, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisinisky
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03796, -6.92054
- SMR number
- MO027-019----
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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
Depicted as a wooded promontory (max. dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) on the SE shore of the S oval part (dims c. 540m NE-SW; c. 220m NW-SE at NE) of Black Lough on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and surrounded by marshy land in woodland. It proved impossible to inspect this monument.
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: 30 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.