Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Kinkillew, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kinkillew
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.15654, -8.38804
- SMR number
- SL027-070----
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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
In a wet meadow, in the NW end of the drained lake named 'Cloonskirt Lough' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The lake is surrounded by drumlins and views are restricted. An oval platform mound (4m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.35m), the surface of which is quite even, which has a small concentration of stones evident at its W edge. The edges of the crannog are diffuse. A mature tree grows on the E portion of the mound. The crannog is indicated as an islet on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.