Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Oakport Lough, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oakport Lough
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98241, -8.17152
- SMR number
- RO006-062----
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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 deep water at the centre of Oakport Lough, a subrectangular lake (dims. c. 700m NW-SE; c. 700m NE-SW) on the Boyle River, c. 300m from the SW and SE shores. Circular overgrown area (diam. 23m; H 1-1.5m) of earth and stone with a narrow shelf (Wth c. 3m) beneath the water, where horizontally-laid timbers can be seen at S. Crannog (RO006-063----) is c. 160m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.