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Crannog

Kilglass Lough, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Kilglass Lough, 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
Kilglass Lough
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
indicated
Coordinates
53.82281, -8.02351
SMR number
RO023-049----

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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

At the N end of the central part (dims. c. 1.9 km NNE-SSW; c. 400-600m NW-SE) of Kilglass Lough where it opens into the N part of the lake, and c. 150-200m from the W and E shores. D-shaped overgrown island (dims. 34m NE-SW; 19m NW-SE; H c. 0.4m) with the straight side at SE where the mound has been truncated by a navigation channel. Some of the spoil was added to the summit raising a subrectangular platform (dims. 20m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE; H 0.7m). Reeds indicate a larger sub-surface mound (dims. c. 50m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) and there is evidence of timber construction on the mound.

See the attached aerial view taken from the SW.

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.

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