What is recorded here

Monument is a crannog in Lough Gash turlough, County Clare, Ireland. It appears as a circular stone-walled area about 18m across when the water retreats, then disappears beneath the lake when the turlough fills. Carrigoran Castle stands 160m to the south, watching the same shifting basin. The place may have been a small dwelling, a marker or a forgotten chamber, but the lake keeps its answer private.

In Lough Gash turlough, immediately SW of Newmarket on Fergus and 3.6km E of the Fergus Estuary. Named ‘Monument’ on the 1951-2 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A circular area (diam. c. 18m) defined by a low stone wall with possible internal stone feature is visible on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018. The image was taken when the turlough was dry. On Digital Globe (2011-2013) it is visible as submerged all around. Carrigoran Castle (CL051-023----) lies c. 160m to the S on the edge of the turlough. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 11 November 2025

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