Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Derryquirk, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryquirk
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78998, -8.23171
- SMR number
- RO022-119----
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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
On a level landscape at the NW corner of the subrectangular Lough Nafulla (dims. c. 150m WNW-ESE; c. 120m NNE-SSW). Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims. 27.8m E-W; 19.4m N-S; H 0.6-1m) of marl and peat, with drains to the N and S. It may be a spoil mound. Crannog (RO022-159----) is c. 170m to the W. (Herity 1987,139)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.