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
- 53.47049, -7.41140
- SMR number
- WM025-167----
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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 100m NE of Dysart Island off the W shoreline of Lough Ennell. Listed as Dysart Island 2 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 93) as comprising of a 'circular cairn (approx. diam. 15m; H 2m) built on sandy lake marl, in c. 1.6m, standing 10cm above water levels. It is constructed of medium to small sized stones. It has a level surface, an even profile and slopes steeply into the water on all sides. It is almost completely submerged under the water. This is an unusual site, a small stony islet in an isolated location, in deep water'.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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.