Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Joanstown,Lough Iron, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Joanstown,Lough Iron
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.61995, -7.48821
- SMR number
- WM011-167----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at NE end of Lough Iron 50m W of the E shoreline but now on reclaimed land due to the Inny River drainage scheme of the late 1960s. Crannóg (WM011-166----) 40m to N. Tree-covered island the surface of which is covered with large rock outcrop with possible conjoined crannóg to N connected via a stone lined causeway.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.