Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement platform
Rochfort Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rochfort Demesne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47141, -7.37918
- SMR number
- WM026-120----
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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
A cluster of rock platforms (WM026-115----/15001-; 117----/118----/119----) were identified by Karkov & Ruffing (1990-1, 108-110), on the E shoreline of Rochfort Bay on Lough Ennell. Listed as Rochfort Demesne 6 and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 99-100) as following; Located on dryland on south side of a small inlet on the south side of Rochfort Bay. The site would originally have been in 1m depth of water, located c. 10m from original shoreline. It is
overlooked by level ground rising to a ridge to the south. This is an oval rock platform (dims. 13m N-S x 21m E-W; H 0.5m) on marshy ground (former lakebed) to the south of Rochfort Demesne 3. It has an even profile, with large irregular limestone slabs (1.5m length, 80-90cm width) scattered across its surface. A second smaller platform (Rochfort Demesne 7/WM026-121----) is attached to the north side of the site. The nearest archaeological site is the crannóg at Goose Island (WM026-109----), 420m to north, a mound at Rochfort Demesne (WM026-048----), 550m to east. This site is a possible prehistoric or medieval rock platform, potentially associated with the early medieval crannóga at Goose Islands.'
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan
Date of upload: 29 March 2017
References
Karkov, C. and Ruffing, J. 1990-1 The crannógs of Lough Ennell: A computer survey. Ríocht na Midhe, 8, 3, 105-113.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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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