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
- 53.94084, -8.41985
- SMR number
- SL047-097----
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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 marshy inlet, on the E shores of Lough Gara. Discovered in 1991 during monitoring of drainage works at the foreshore (Wren 1991) when a small section (2.7m N-S; 8.7m E-W) was exposed. Described as a tightly packed spread of undressed limestone and red sandstone blocks (dims. 0.1-0.4m) surrounded by a 1.3m wide band of post-holes (diam. 0.1-0.2m) (ibid.). The blocks were set in a rough concentration with a definite edge evident at NW and small strips of wood (some burnt) and hazelnuts were found in the sand and marl around the stones (Wren 1991). There are now no visible remains of this crannog.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.