Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Arrow, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Arrow
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Illaunaprechaun (Crannoge)
- Coordinates
- 54.08484, -8.35026
- SMR number
- SL034-199----
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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 the NW arm of Lough Arrow, c. 150m from the shore and near the outflow into the River Unshin, with a clear view of the heights of Moytirra to E and Carrowkeel to SW. A roughly circular high-cairn crannog (29.9m N-S; 28.2m E-W; H 1.95m above the muddy lake-bed) with a central plateau (10.5m N-S; 14.5m E-W) consisting of small stones (diam. 0.3m) which form a flat but somewhat unstable surface. Slightly off-centre on the E portion of the plateau is a pile (1.6m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.55m) of loosely arranged stones. The plateau drops down under the water to a berm and the edges of the crannog are quite distinct. Wood-Martin (1886, 246) mentioned observing fractured bones on the surface. An enclosure (SL034-198----) is situated on a promontory, c. 100m to NW.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.