Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lisroyne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisroyne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78083, -8.11918
- SMR number
- RO023-164002-
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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 low promontory attached to the E shore of Lough Lea, which was a rectangular lake (dims c. 400m E-W; c. 300m N-S) with a large peninsula attached to the S shore in 1837 but is now a collection of small pools, the largest of which (diam. c. 180m) is at the NE angle of the original lake and just N of this location. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base c. 20m; H c. 0.7m) situated c. 20m SSW of crannog (RO0230164001-). Crannog (RO023-189----) is c. 200m to the S, crannog (RO023-208----) is c. 170m to the SE, and earthwork (RO023-163----) is c. 140m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.