Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Key, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Key
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02064, -8.27378
- SMR number
- RO003-034----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a triangular bay (dims. c. 300m E-W at N; c. 250m N-S) at the N extremity of Lough Key, and now attached to the shore at N. Subcircular area (dims. 31m N-S; 28m E-W; H 0.5m) with a central platform (dims. 23.5m N-S; 18.5m E-W; H 0.2-0.3m) covered in mixed woodland. There is no evidence of timber features or of artificial construction.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.