Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Dower,lough Gara, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dower,lough Gara
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bawn Island (Crannoge)
- Coordinates
- 53.91288, -8.43992
- SMR number
- RO009-031001-
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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
On the S shore of the Callow Lough of Lough Gara. Overgrown oval island (dims. 38m N-S; 22m E-W; H up to 3m) of earth with stone and bones visible on the N side. There was one vertical plank at the E side. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 62; Kiln 017)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.