Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Corhelshinagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corhelshinagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04043, -6.90779
- SMR number
- MO027-022----
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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 the S subrectangular part (max. dims c. 360 - c. 500m E-W; c. 360m N-S) of Lough Bawn close to the S shore. This is a circular overgrown cairn (diam. 15m) at the N end of a natural ridge (dims 23m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW; max. H 2m). No structural features are visible but animal bones were visible on the N shore.
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
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.