Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Derrycoagh,Lough Gara, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrycoagh,Lough Gara
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92383, -8.44227
- SMR number
- RO009-081----
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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
On an early N shore at the E end of Upper Lough Gara. Marked as a crannog on Cross' map (Cross 1953, fig. 1). Oval grass-covered cairn (dims 8m E-W; 4.5m N-S; H 0.5m) (Fredengren 2002a, App. 1, P 59; Kiln 004).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Fredengren, C. 2002 The crannogs of Lough Gara - a social history. Bray. Wordwell.
Cross, R.E. 1953 Lough Gara: a preliminary survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 83, 93-6, 245-54.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.