Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Cavetown Or Ballynahoogh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cavetown Or Ballynahoogh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93285, -8.24530
- SMR number
- RO010-030001-
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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
Towards the W end of Clogher Lake (dims c. 1 km E-W; c. 100-200m N-S) 50m from the S shore. Circular overgrown island (diam. 19.5m) with a flat top (diam. of top 15.5m; H 0.5-0.7m) composed of stones and earth. A stone (dims c. 0.5m x. c. 0.5m) with a basin described as a bullaun stone (RO010-030002-) (OS Name Book) could not be found.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
OSNB 25-inch. Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the course of the 1:2500 survey of Ireland. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.