Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Shantonagh (cremorne By; Aghnamullen Par., County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shantonagh (cremorne By; Aghnamullen Par.
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04142, -6.84252
- SMR number
- MO027-027----
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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 deep water in a bay (dims c. 240m N-S; c. 170m NE-SW) at the NE angle of the subrectangular Shantonagh Lough (max. dims c. 600m E-W; 530m N-S). This is a circular scrub-covered island (diam. 18m; max. H 1.5m) with a kerb of boulders (diam. c. 0.5m) visible at the SW shore and some piles visible in the water at NW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.