Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Ennell
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.47512, -7.37524
- SMR number
- WM026-114----
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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
Situated 40m W of the E shoreline of Lough Ennell and N of Rochfort Bay. Listed as Gosling Island and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 94-5) as 'a small, irregular, and elongated islet (approx. diam. 15m), possibly a crannog built on the natural bedrock outcrop at edge of shallows. It has a mid-cairn 5-10m diameter on top, slopes gradually down into the water. It is constructed of large angular blocks, that may have been quarried. There are several rocky outcrops beside it, particularly towards the east. This is a probable natural island, that may have been enhanced for use as a crannog. There are also small crannogs and rock platforms around Rochfort Bay'.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.