Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Gara, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Gara
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93517, -8.41547
- SMR number
- SL047-042004-
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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 water meadow, below the earlier shoreline of Lough Gara. An irregular mound-platform, consisting of two parts. The smaller N part (6m N-S; 5.4m E-W; max. H 0.76m above the meadow) has quite well-defined edges. On its E portion is a rectangular depression (1.6m N-S; 2m E-W; max. D 0.25m) and in the N portion cattle have exposed fire-cracked stones, wood and charcoal. The fire-cracked stone spread is more distinct than at the adjacent crannog (SL047-042005-). The S portion of the site is an irregular mound (6m N-S; 9.6m E-W; max. H 0.51m above the meadow) that slopes down gently in all directions. The surfaces of both parts are grass-covered and somewhat uneven. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 041).
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.