Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Doohatty, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doohatty
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95982, -6.74681
- SMR number
- MO031-072----
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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
Lough Fea is a subrectangular lake (dims c. 650-750m N-S; c. 370-420m E-W) at the heart of the Shirley estate. A small island (diam. c. 5m) is depicted as almost attached to the centre of the N shore of the lake only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at this location. A reference to the discovery of a palisaded island at Lough Fea in 1843 (Wood-Martin 1886, 193) are confused with a discovery at Lough Lisanisk (MO031-037----) (Shirley 1845, 94).
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.
Date of revision: 31 July 2017
References
Shirley, E.P. 1845 Some account of the territory or dominion of Farney, in the Province of Ulster. London. Pickering
Wood-Martin, W.G. 1886 (Reprint 1983) The lake dwellings of Ireland: or ancient lacustrine habitations of Erin, commonly called crannogs. Dublin. Hodges, Figgis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.