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
- 54.00687, -8.23314
- SMR number
- RO006-200----
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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 NE angle of the triangular Lough Key, at the entrance to a bay (dims. c. 570m NE-SW; c. 350m NW-SE) which lies to the NE and c. 200m from the N shore. Circular overgrown mound (diam. 20m; 17m E-W; H 1.2m) of earth and stone. Crannog (RO003-065----) is c. 50m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.