Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Killeen West, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen West
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81768, -8.20665
- SMR number
- RO022-069001-
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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
Marked as an island (diam. c. 10m) on the 1837 ed. Of the OS 6-inch map and as a peninsula on the 1927 ed. atached to the W shore of Lough Nahincha (dims. c. 170m N-S; c. 140m E-W). Circular overgrown area with a central flat-topped mound (diam. of top 14m N-S; 12m E-W; dims. of base 27m N-S; 22m E-W; H c. 1.5m) of earth and stone which has a sloping shore (Wth c. 3m). Crannog (RO022-069002-) is c. 15m to the E and connected to this site by a silted landbridge. Mound (RO022-153----) is c. 200m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.