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Crannog

Hawkswood, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Hawkswood, County Offaly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Hawkswood
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.22368, -7.50399
SMR number
OF025-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 on wet poorly drained bogland. Outline of circular shaped tree-planted area (approx. diam. 60m) at W end of coniferous tree plantation visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 20/03/2019. Circular grove of trees standing on bogland to the W of Derrynaslingue wood depicted on revised ed. OS 6-inch map.

See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 18/01/2019

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Ed O'Donovan

Date of upload: 09 April 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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