Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Canbo, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Canbo
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Crannoge
- Coordinates
- 53.90220, -8.17953
- SMR number
- RO010-086----
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
On the N shore of Canbo Lough (dims c. 1.3m E-W; c. 100-300m N-S). Oval overgrown mound (dims 26.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W; H 0.2-1m) composed of earth and stone. Stakes were discovered driven into the lake around it (OS Name Books), but no timber structures are now visible.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.