Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Eidin, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Eidin
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.96422, -8.15937
- SMR number
- RO007-093----
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
Situalted c. 100m from the W shore of a bay (diam. c. 500m) at the W extremity of Lough Eidin where the Boyle river enters the lake. Circular overgrown island (diam. 10m; H 0.5m) of earth and stones with an underwater shelf (Wth c. 4m). There is no evidence of timber 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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.