What is recorded here

Crannog in Loughnaneane is a crannog in Loughnaneane, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a turlough basin once holding Lough na n-Ean, where O'Neill plundered O'Conor's jewels in 1225. The subcircular grass-covered mound measures 41m east-west and 34m north-south, rising half a metre above the ground. A southern drain cuts through the mound towards the perimeter, preserving the quernstone found inside it.

In a turlough basin (diam. c. 1km) which was a lake called Lough na n-Ean. In 1225 O'Neill plundered Lough na n-Ean and carried off O'Conor's jewels (AFM vol. 3, 221). Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims. 41m E-W; 34m N-S; H c. 0.5m) with a drain through it towards the perimeter at S, in which a quernstone was found. (Bradley and Dunne 1990) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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