Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Johnstown (delvin By., Killulagh Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnstown (delvin By., Killulagh Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60707, -7.14468
- SMR number
- WM013-027----
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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
Originally located in marshy ground on the eastern side of shallow marshy wetlands, originally part of Dysart Lakes complex of ribbon lakes along the River Deel. This crannóg was described by O'Sullivan (2004, 54-5) as following; 'low, circular mound (diam. 23m; H 1.2m) of dark, peaty soil, with vertical wooden posts and numerous fragments of burnt bone scattered across the site. It is presently in a marshy field and is heavily overgrown (by alder, willow and rushes) and inaccessible. The site must have been built on a natural, low shoal in the lake, as indicated by local presence of sands and gravels. This crannog was originally revealed during the digging of a drainage ditch for the River Deel, which is located c. 20m to E'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan.
Date of upload: 6 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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.
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