Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Iron,cullenhugh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Iron,cullenhugh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.61572, -7.47731
- SMR number
- WM011-005----
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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
Situated on the NE shore of Lough Iron, and would have been in the water lake prior to drainage of the lake. It is in low-lying ground and the monument is submerged during the winter. A raised circular shaped area (diam. 8m; max. H 0.4m) retained by a partial kerb of limestone slabs (approx. Wth 0.5m; approx T 0.2m; approx. H 0.5m). Three oak stakes are visible at W & SW (H 0.2m).
Listed as Dysart 2 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 106-7) as 'Located at water’s edge on east shore of lake, south of the outlet of the River Inny. The crannóg is a small circular cairn (diam. 8m; H 0.4m) of stone in marshy ground at northeast shore of Lough Iron. The cairn was laid directly on the sandy muds of the lakebed. It has a level upper surface, an even profile and gradually sloping sides. There is a partial kerb of limestone slabs (50cm length and width, 10cm thick) on the south and west side. There were also 3 small oak stakes, 30-40cm diameter, on west and southwest sides'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan.
Date of upload: 9 March 2017
References
O'Sullivan, A. 2004 The social and ideological roles of crannogs in early medieval Ireland. Unpublished PhD thesis. Department of History, NUI Maynooth.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.