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
- 53.44440, -7.42058
- SMR number
- WM032-117----
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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 at SE end of Lough Ennell, 200m N of the Friarstown shoreline. Listed as Bog Island and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 84) as 'a circular stone cairn (approx. diam. 20m; H 3m). It is heavily overgrown by trees and surrounded by dense growth of rushes. Located at southeast end of lake, 200m from shoreline of Friarstown townland, in 2m water depth. The site is opposite the outflow of River Brosna out of Lough Ennell to the south'.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.