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Crannog in Drumalough

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Depicted as an island (diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as an island attached to the SW shore of triangular Drumalough (dims c. 500m NW-SE; c. 300m NE-SW at SE) on the 1914 ed. The W shore of the reduced lake (dims c. 275m NW-SE; c. 200m NE-SW) is now c. 50m to the NE. Subcircular, flat-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of base 29m N-S; 25.4m E-W; dims. of top 10.3m N-S; 6.4m E-W; H 1.1-1.6m) with stones, but there is no clear indication of artificial construction. Raths (RO020-033----; RO020-034----) are c. 220m and 250m to the SSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO020-035

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  • Jscaguiat, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Darren J. Prior / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • GAA (publisher); individual photographer not identified in image caption, www.gaa.ie
  • Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Swinford GAA; the page thanks Michael Maye, Rita Campbell and Fiona McDonagh, without assigning the panoramic image to one maker, swinfordgaa.ie
  • ClintMalpaso, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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