Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lugacaha, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lugacaha
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Big Island
- Latest-edition OS map
- Big Island
- Coordinates
- 53.50183, -7.66939
- SMR number
- WM024-184----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The Urban Survey of Westmeath (Bradley et. al. 1985, 70) recorded that on Lough Sewdy [Sunderlin], 'there are a series of small islands near the lake shore on the N and E sides of the lake and it is likely that most are crannogs. The early annalistic references indicate that there was an important crannog here and this was identified by O'Donovan in 1837 as the Big Island (Walsh 1957, 15). This island may have been the site of a residence but it is too large to be artificial and cannot be described as a crannog in the strict sense. A stone causeway is said to lead from the shore to Big Island'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Rachel Barrett
Date of upload: 22 August 2014
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Westmeath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Walsh, P. 1957 The Placenames of Westmeath. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.