Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Cranberry Island, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cranberry Island
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35294, -8.13056
- SMR number
- RO054-014----
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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
Marked as a small island (diam. c. 15m) close to the NW shore of the triangular S part (dims c. 250m NE-SW; c. 200m N-S) of Cranberry Lough on the 1837 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is now attached to the NW shore. The tip of the peninsula (diam. c. 20m) is lower than the rest and planted with some coniferous trees. It is overgrown with sallies while the lake to the S is becoming silted. There is no evidence of artificial construction, but it may well have a stone core and be a crannog.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 23 November, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.