Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Tully (Ballintober North By., Kilmore ED), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tully (Ballintober North By., Kilmore ED)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87727, -8.02179
- SMR number
- RO017-110----
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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
Situated c. 50m from the NE shore of tear-shaped Tully Lough (dims. c. 600m NW-SE, c. 120m NE-SW at SE to c. 400m NE-SW at NW) where the Tully Lough cross was found in 1986 (Kelly 2003). Circular overgrown island (diam. 25.5m) of earth and stones (H 1.2m) with vertical palisade posts visible under water SW-N, and with some horizontal timbers at W. Crannog (RO017-109----) is c. 180m to the WSW, crannog (RO017-204----) is c. 20m to the NW, and crannog (RO-017-112----) is c. 190m to the SE.
See the attached view from the shore at NE (003) and in the background of the aerial image (004) taken from the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.