Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Crannog
Lough Ennell, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Ennell
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44742, -7.42919
- SMR number
- WM032-119----
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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 on the S end of Lough Ennell, 180m E of the shoreline with Nure or Lilliput and 440m NW of the point where the River Brosna enters the lake. Listed as Lady Island and described by O'Sullivan (2004, 105-6) as 'an oval, high-cairn (approx. dims. 18m NE-SW x 14m NW-SE; H 2.5m) site (possibly built on a natural, rocky knoll), 1m above water level. It is fairly regularly built, typically of small fist-sized stones (10-15cm in length). It has a level upper surface, an even profile and slopes gradually to the water. There is a stone kerb of large limestone blocks around the island at the water’s edge. A modern concrete statue of the Goddess Minerva stands on the island in a rusty oil barrel'.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.