Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Keadew West, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keadew West
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Loughard Island
- Latest-edition OS map
- Loughard Island
- Coordinates
- 54.05563, -8.15196
- SMR number
- RO004-004----
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
At The E end of Lough Meelagh (dims c. 2km E-W; c. 600m-1km N-S), c. 110-130m from the N, E and S shores. Circular overgrown mound (diam. 22.5m N-S; 20.5m E-W; H c. 1m) of earth and stones with timbers visible in the surrounding waters to the W, N and E. Crannog (RO004-061----) is c. 100m to the NW. Monitoring of the construction of a slipway during 2007 on the shore c. 100m to the SE failed to produce any related material (Bangerter 2010).
See the attached view from the shore at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Bangerter, R. 2010 Lough Meelagh, Keadue: Lacustrine. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 411, No. 1492. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.