Crannog in Cloonanart Beg, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

In a shallow triangular turlough (dims. c. 400m E-W; c. 300m N-S). Flat-topped grass-covered mound which slopes down to the E (diam. of top 21.3m E-W; 20.9m N-S; diam. of base 27.5m N-S; 28m N-S; H 0.6m at E to 1.6m at W). A quarry (diam. 9m) has damaged the perimeter at W. Crannogs (RO028-033----) and (RO028-034----) are c. 110m and c. 180m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1984).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO028-032

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Tulsk GAA club website; individual photographer not stated, www.tulskgaa.ie
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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