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Crannog

Killeen West, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Killeen West, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killeen West
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicasted
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.81775, -8.20615
SMR number
RO022-069002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Attached to the E shore of Lough Nahincha (dims. c. 170m N-S; c. 140m E-W). Oval overgrown mound (dims. 16m E-W; 9m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) of earth and stone with a sloping shore (Wth c. 3-4m). Fragments of quernstones are visible on the shore. Crannog (RO022-069001-) is c. 15m to the W and connected to this site by a silted landbridge.

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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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