Crannog in Tullyallen, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Located near the NE angle of Tullallen Lough, a small C-shaped lake (dims c. 300m N-S; c. 225m E-W) that is open to the E, c. 45m from the N shore and c. 75m from the NE shore. It is depicted as an island only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is an overgrown feature that was impossible to access.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO034-006

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Fintan McTiernan; published by Monaghan GAA, www.flickr.com

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