Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Ennell
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.46060, -7.42715
- SMR number
- WM025-168----
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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 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.