Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Arrow, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Arrow
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Crannoge (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.04755, -8.33308
- SMR number
- SL040-116----
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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 small bay, on the W shore of Lough Arrow. A reed-covered area (10.4m N-S; 23.4m E-W), submerged to a depth of 1.35m below the water, may indicate a possible crannog. Another possible crannog (SL040-117----) is c. 130m to SE and a crannog (SL040-048----) is c. 650m to NNW.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.