Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Gara,Portnacrinnaght, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Gara,Portnacrinnaght
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91525, -8.43189
- SMR number
- RO009-033----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Just off the N shore of the Callow Lough of Lough Gara. Circular overgrown island (diam. 14m; H 0.4-0.8m) of earth and stone with some bones visible and a slight causeway (L 4m), perhaps recent, at N. Cattle bones from the base of the mound produced a 14C date of 1120 +- 60 BP (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P61; Kiln 012; Cross 92).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 218/1955).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.