Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Ennell
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47122, -7.40976
- SMR number
- WM025-166----
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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
Standing 150m NE of Dysart Island off the W shoreline of Lough Ennell. Listed as Dysart Island 1 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 91-2) as a crannog locally known as "Rocky Island" comprising of a 'circular, high-cairn (approx. dims. 18m N-S x 15m E-W; H 5m) islet. It was built on a natural, rocky knoll in unusually deep water, up to 4.5m in depth standing. The crannóg stands about 50cm above water levels (and would have been submerged prior to drainage). It is an oval stone cairn, with a level upper surface, an even profile and it slopes steeply into the water on all sides, particularly towards the south. The cairn is typically constructed of medium to small sized stones, and there are vertical roundwood posts around the site on the lake-bed. There is a modern duck-hide or low stone kerb walls at the north end of the islet'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 February 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.