Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Ovaun, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ovaun
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82748, -8.19807
- SMR number
- RO022-048----
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
Depicted as a small island (diam. c. 5m) close to the N shore of the now drained Ballyoughter Lough (diam. c. 150m) on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is not visible in an overgrown area.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.