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
- 53.93596, -8.41155
- SMR number
- SL047-042008-
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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, below the old shoreline of Lough Gara. A low oval grass-covered mound (9.9m N-S; 12.4m E-W; max. H 0.72m above the meadow) with an even surface. Occasional small stones (diam. 0.2m) protrude through the grass, especially on the W portion. The edges slope gradually and are quite distinct in material. This crannog is surrounded by a series of three oblong mounds (43.2m x 9.5m; 41.5m x 10.5m; 24.2m x 12m) consisting of shattered or fire-cracked stones enclosing an area 31m in internal diameter. Marked by Cross (1953, fig. 1) as one of a group of seven sites in the N half of Ross townland. (Fredengren 2002, KILA 040)
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.