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Crannog

Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Crannog, Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lough Ennell
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.46060, -7.42715
SMR number
WM025-168----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Standing 40m S of the original shoreline of Lough Ennell, overlooked by the royal ringfort Dún na Sgiath (WM025-145----) 130m to NW and crannóg (WM025-150----) 200m to SSW. Listed as Dysart 5 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 91) as 'a low, small irregular shaped platform, located almost at the original water’s edge (surrounded by 1m water prior to drainage) and separated from original shoreline by wet, marshy ground. It appears as a rocky platform, sloping gradually to the south towards the lake. Large angular and rounded limestone boulders are exposed on its surface. There is a particularly massive limestone block on the east side, by the water. This may be a natural geological feature. This is not certainly an archaeological site, but it is certainly a quite distinctive feature along this level foreshore, strongly resembling a crannog'.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 15 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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