Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Killeen West, County Roscommon, Ireland
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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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
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
- 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.