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Crannog

Ballintober, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Ballintober, 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
Ballintober
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.72150, -8.40842
SMR number
RO027-048025-

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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

Situated in a broad hollow c. 300m E of Ballintober castle (RO027-048002-). The outline of an oval lake (dims c. 600m E-W; c. 250-350m N-S) is depicted on the OS 6-inch editions of 1835 and 1908 as a marshy area liable to flooding. Two oval mounds that are c. 10m apart at the S edge of this turlough were fully surveyed and subjected to magnetometer and ground penetrating radar surveys (15R0051) during 2016-17. The W mound (dims of base c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S; H c. 2m) shows evidence of what might be a large hearth (diam. c. 2m) in its interior. The E mound (dims c. 14m E-W; c. 5m N-S; H c. 1m) is less well defined with a hollow on its SW side. From the location at the edge of the turlough it is quite possible that they are the remains of a crannog. (Brady et al. 2017, 40)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 November 2020

References

Brady, N., Connell, S., Maurer, K., Cearley, D. and L. Conyers 2017 Archaeological Excavation and Survey. Ballintober Castle and precinct, Ballintober, Co. Roscommon. Licences: 15E0232; 15R0051. 2016 season. Unpublished report. Castles in Communities: medieval Ireland Past and Present

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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