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
- 53.93617, -8.41128
- SMR number
- SL047-042009-
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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 pasture, below the old shoreline of Lough Gara, on the N shore of Ross townland. A low irregular cairn (9.4m N-S; 9.9m E-W; H 0.82m above the surrounding meadow), the surface of which is uneven with angular stones (diam. 0.2-0.3m) protruding through the low grass. In the centre is a semicircle of stones (int. diam. 1.45m; Wth 2.2m E-W). A small area of densely packed stones is located at S. The edges of the crannog are distinct in material, but quite irregular in form. To the S the crannog blends into the surrounding meadow. (Cross 1953, fig. 1; Fredengren 2002, KILA 039)
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.