Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Coolmeen (Roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolmeen (Roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.86328, -8.09045
- SMR number
- RO017-092----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated c.100m from the S shore of Lough Nahincha (dims. c. 1.2 km E-W; c. 100 -300m N-S) near its E end where the lake is widest and c. 60m from the S shore. Subcircular overgrown cairn (dims. 14m N-S; 12m E-W; H 0.5m) at the centre of a small island (dims. 27m E-W; 17m N-S) surrounded by a band of reeds (Wth 3-4m). Crannogs (RO017-090001-; RO017-091----) are c. 90m to the NW and N.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.