Derrymaquirk

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrymaquirk, from 1,101 m² to 213,654 m² (21.37 ha, 52.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Derrymaquirk in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  PERMISSION to: (1) replace existing conservatory with a new extension to the front of existing dwelling, (2) upgrade existing waste water treatment system & percolation area, (3) RETENTION PERMISSION to retain existing rear extension, together with all associated site development works at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22637

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Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Gara SPA 004048
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gara 000587

Recorded monuments

• RO005-012032 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature is recorded only on the Forsyth survey and is depicted as a small cairn (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 220.60 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is on the S shore of a WSW-ENE section of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower and partly embedded in a small northward projection of the old river bank. It is currently in pasture (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• RO005-012033 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature is recorded only on the Forsyth survey and is depicted as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 219.17 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is on the S shore of a WSW-ENE section of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower and is currently in pasture (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• RO005-012034 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature is recorded only on the Forsyth survey and is depicted as a small cairn (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 219.80 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is on the S shore of a WSW-ENE section of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower and is currently in pasture (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• RO005-012035 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature is recorded only on the Forsyth survey and is depicted as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a short line of posts (?) (L c. 5m) on its S side and a recorded altitude of 214.90 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is on the S shore of a WSW-ENE section of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower and it might be under water (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• RO005-023001 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 19) is described as a possible cairn or platform where two stone axes, two Bann flakes and a flint arrowhead were found in its vicinity (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 25, BOYL 19). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a large cairn (diam. > 10m) that was half embedded in the SE bank of a SW-NE section of the new river channel with a recorded altitude of 215.75 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023002 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 20) is described as a possible cairn or platform which had six Bann flakes and a miniature stone axe associated with it (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 25, BOYL 20). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small cairn (diam. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 217.79 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is not visible in pasture on the S bank of the river at the edge of the channel (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023003 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 21) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had seven Bann flakes associated with it (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 26, BOYL 21), although with the same registration numbers as those associated with (RO005-023005-). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small cairn (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 219.57 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river c. 15m from the channel (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023004 Crannog
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 22) is a circular grass and scrub-covered cairn (diam. 36m E-W; 34m N-S; H 2.7m) with a central cairn (dims 13m x 5m). On the N (river) side there are timbers exposed at the base of the mound, and there is the remains of a causeway (L c. 26m) at S, visible as a line of stones. A quernstone has been found, and four radiocarbon samples produced dates of c. 800-1000 AD (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28-9, BOYL 38). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a large cairn (diam. c. 30m) with a recorded altitude of 222.42 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse, and is depicted as having a causeway (L c. 30m) extending S towards the shore. It is now on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013), but prior to the drainage it was in a small bay. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023005 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 23) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog where seven Bann flakes were found in its vicinity (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 26, BOYL 22), although with the same registration numbers as those at (RO005-023003-). It is not recorded on the Forsyth survey unless it is confused with another feature such as (RO005-023007-), which is quite possible, or river erosion had removed it by 1953. It is located n pasture c. 50m from the river channel (Bing 2013), Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023006 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 24) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefactes associated with it but it is visible as a subcircular area (diam. 5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.4m) with a small causeway leading towards the river (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 26, BOYL 024). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 220.7 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse with an L-shaped causeway extending W (L c. 5m) and S (L c. 5m). It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river, just SW of the large crannog (RO005-023004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023007 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 25) is described as a platform crannog which had no artefactes associated with it but it was visible as a subcircular area (diam. 5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.4m) with a small causeway leading towards the river (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 26, BOYL 24). It is not recorded on the Forsyth survey unless it is confused with another feature such as (ME023-008----), or river erosion had removed it by 1953. It is in pasture c. 55m from the S bank of the river (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023008 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 26) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had a bone handle associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 26, BOYL 25). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small feature (diam. c. 5m) with a short causeway or line of posts (L c. 5m) extending off to the SW and a recorded altitude of 220.06 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in pasture on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, c. 30m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023009 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 27) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it and which is no longer visible at ground level (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 27, BOYL 27). It is not recorded on the Forsyth survey, although a scattering of stones is represented, and it may have been removed by forces of erosion even by 1953. It is in pasture just N of the old river bank (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023010 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 28) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it and which is no longer visible at ground level (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 27, BOYL 28). It is not recorded on the Forsyth survey, although a scattering of stones is represented, and it may have been removed by river erosion even by 1953. It was just N of the old river bank (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023011 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 29) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog, which had two Bann flakes, a hammer stone and a human skull associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 27, BOYL 29). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small feature (diam. c. 5m) with no recorded altitude. It is now in pasture on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, c. 10m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023012 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 30) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 27, BOYL 30). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small feature (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 218.32 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, in an overgrown area at the edge of the river (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023013 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 31) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had one Bann flake associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 27-8, BOYL 31). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a large feature (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.37 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, in an overgrown area at the edge of the river (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023014 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 32) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28, BOYL 32). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small feature (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 217.2 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, in an overgrown area at the edge of the river (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023015 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 33) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28, BOYL 33). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly small feature (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.54 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, in an overgrown area at the edge of the river (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023016 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 34) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28, BOYL 34). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a circular feature (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 220.08 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in pasture on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower, c. 20m from the channel (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023017 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 35) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28, BOYL 35). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly small feature (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 219.50 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in an overgrown area on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023018 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 36) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28, BOYL 36). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly small feature (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.80 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in an overgrown area on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023019 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 37) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had a hammer-stone and two Bann flakes associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 28, BOYL 37). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly small feature (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.45 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in an overgrown area on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023020 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 38) is described as a circular platform (diam. 6m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.8m) of fire-shattered stones with larger boulders on the N (riverside) perimeter. There are no associated artifacts, but a wood sample produced a radiocarbon determination in the Late Bronze Age of 2640 +- 45 BP (Cross No. 38; Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 26-7, BOYL 026). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly large feature (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 222.1 (?) feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in a grass and scrub-covered area on the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023021 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 39) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 29, BOYL 39). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a small feature (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 219.74 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in pasture c. 15m from the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023022 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 40) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it, and which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 29, BOYL 40). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly large feature (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 220.36 (?) feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It also had a short causeway or line of post (L c. 10m) running N into the river. It is now in pasture c. 15m from the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023023 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 41) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had three Bann flakes and a hammer-stone associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 29, BOYL 41). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly small feature (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 220.01 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It also had a short causeway or line of post (L c. 10m) running N into the river. It is now in pasture c. 35m from the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023024 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 42) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had ten Bann flakes, two hammer-stones and an antler point associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 29-30, BOYL 42). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a fairly large feature (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.94 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in pasture c. 15m from the S bank of the Boyle River above Lough Gara Lower at a point where the river changes from a S-N course to a W-E direction (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023025 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 43) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had one Bann flake associated with it, but which is no longer visible (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 30, BOYL 43). It is not recorded on the Forsyth survey and it may have been removed by river erosion even by 1953. It is now in pasture c. 45m from the E bank of the Boyle River but it was once in a broader basin (Wth c. 180m E-W) below the outlet from Lough Gara Upper. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023026 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 44) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 30, BOYL 44). It is recorded on the Forsyth survey as a regular feature (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 220.65 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is now in pasture c. 25m from the E bank of the Boyle River (Bing 2013) but it was once in a broader basin (Wth c. 180m E-W) below the outlet from Lough Gara Upper. It is an area with large angular boulders, and may be a natural island. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023027 Crannog
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature (Raftery No. 45) is described as a possible cairn or platform crannog which had no artefacts associated with it. It is an irregularly-shaped area (dims 13-26m N-S; 10-16m E-W; H 0.5m) of large boulders with some scrub, and may be a natural island (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, 30, BOYL 45). It is not recorded on the Forsyth survey as it is probably an island as represented on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is c. 45m from the E bank of the Boyle River (Bing 2013) but it was once in a broader basin (Wth c. 180m E-W) below the outlet from Lough Gara Upper. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023039 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This feature is recorded only on the Forsyth survey (1953) which depicts it as a fairly small cairn (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 219.08 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse, and the comment 'scatter of bones' indicated just to the SW. It is now situated in pasture on the S bank of river at the edge of the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023040 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 219.09 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river close to the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023041 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a cairn (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.74 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river c. 10m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023042 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 217.84 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river close to the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023044 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. c. 10m) with a line of posts of stones extending N (L < 10m) and a recorded altitude of 219.45 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river c. 15m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023045 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.15 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river at the edge of the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023046 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. < 10m) with a line of posts extending N (L < 10m) and a recorded altitude of 217.80 feet above the datum of Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river close to the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023047 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 216.27 (?) feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river c. 40m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023048 Crannog
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.17 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river c. 30m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023049 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. < 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.19 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river c. 30m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023050 Platform - peatland
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a small circular feature (diam. < 10m) with no recorded altitude but accompanied by the statement 'Timbers'. It is situated in an overgrown area on the S bank of the river c. 35m from the stream (Bing 2013) and it was just N of the old shore. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023052 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) with a recorded altitude of 219.97 (?) feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse, and a line of posts or stones (L c. 15m) extending N. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river c. 25m from the stream (Bing 2013) and just N of the old shoreline. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023053 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a small cairn (diam. < 10m) with a line of posts or stones extending N (L c. 10m) from it and a recorded altitude of 219.99 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in pasture but supporting a bush on the S bank of the river c. 20m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023054 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a fairly small cairn (diam. < 10m) with a line of posts or stones extending NE (L c. 10m) and a recorded altitude of 219.97 (?) feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river c. 20m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023055 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. c. 10m) with a line of posts or stones extending N (L c. 15m) and a recorded altitude of 220.21 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river c. 20m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023056 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a circular cairn (diam. c. 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.89 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river at a point where it turns from a S-N course to a W-E one and c. 10m from the stream (Bing 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-023057 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012003-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors, whose name appears on one of the finished maps. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance does not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a fairly large cairn (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.73 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river c. 20m from the stream (Bing 2013) and at a point where it changes from a S-N course to a W-E course. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2015

• RO005-023058 Settlement platform
  Description

  In 1952 drainage works on the Boyle River lowered the water level of the Lough Gara lakes, and artefacts recovered from crannogs were reported to the National Museum of Ireland. That autumn, Dr. J. Raftery and Miss E. Prendergast of the Museum staff collected artefacts from about 150 crannogs which they noted in the lakes and on the Boyle River. Dr. Raftery permitted Mr. R. E. Cross, the project engineer, to publish a map (1953) based on his own preliminary survey with numbered crannogs, a copy of which is now held in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin. During 1953 further drainage work on the river resulted in another reduction of the water level, which revealed numerous cairns on both sides of the river below the outlet from Upper Lough Gara. Dr. Raftery was at that time engaged in excavating crannogs at Rathtinaun (SL047-021----) and Tivannagh (RO005-012005-), but undertook in his free time to supervise an instrument survey of these additional features, which were not expected to survive and which were not properly understood. This mapped survey, from which no artefacts were recovered, is known as the Forsyth survey after one the surveyors. It did not necessarily include a revisit of Raftery’s 1952 preliminary survey, and where it did a natural concordance did not always occur. The Forsyth survey is retained in the National Museum of Ireland. This is recorded only on the Forsyth survey which depicts it as a fairly large cairn (diam. > 10m) with a recorded altitude of 218.73 feet above the datum of Poolbeg lighthouse. It is situated in pasture on the S bank of the river c. 30m from the stream (Bing 2013) and at a point where it changes from a S-N course to a W-E one. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2017

• RO005-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a shelf of a gentle N-facing slope overlooking what was Lower Lough Gara, but which is now reclaimed pasture. D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims 27.4m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at S to 0.9m at N) SE-W-NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and the monument is truncated by a N-S field bank at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the top of the S-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. D-shaped grass-covered but poached area (dims 27.3m E-W; 24.3m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.1m at N to 0.7m at SE) NW-N and E-SE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4-0.7m) elsewhere. An entrance ramp (Wth 2.5m), perhaps modern, is at W, and a N-S field wall and hedge overlies the E part of the site. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-027 Crannog
  Description

  On flat ground which was once an arm of Lough Gara Upper. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 24m; H 1.3m) composed of earth and stone. Burial (RO005-044----) was found nearby tp the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the top of the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m E-W; c. 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H c. 1m) W-NNW which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge E-W but is completely absent elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.4-6m; D 0.1-0.2m) S-NNW. Entrance gaps in the field bank at SE (Wth 2m) and SSE (Wth 4.5m) are now blocked up. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-029 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On a low E-W rise overlooking the W-E Boyle River which is c. 300m to the N. Circular rounded and grass-covered but poached earthen mound (diam. 13.2m N-S; 11.5m E-W; H 1.8m at N to 2.7m at S). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-030001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of a low E-W rise overlooking a SW-NE section of the Boyle River, which is c. 350m to the N. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.35m; int. H 0.4-0.65m; ext. H 1-1.6m) SE-WSW which is incorporated into a field bank NE-SE, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 4.8-5m; D 0.1-0.45m) which is reduced to a berm (Wth 5m) at S. There is an outer bank (at W: Wth 5.8m; ext. H 0.5m) S-NNW, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4m; D 0.2m) SW-NW, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO005-030002-) is immediately to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-030002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of a low E-W rise overlooking a SW-NE section of Boyle River, which is c. 350m to the N. D-shaped grass and rush-covered area (dims 27m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5-1.5m) SE-W-NW which is incorporated into a field bank NW-NE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The monument is truncated by the outer bank and outer fosse of rath (RO005-030001-) at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO005-044 Burial
  Description

  On flat low-lying land beside what was an inlet on the NE shore of Upper Lough Gara and close to crannog (RO005-027----). The preserved remains of an adult female and infant with the bone handle of an implement dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age was found during turf-cutting operations in 1959. (Lucas 1961, 88-9; O Floinn 1992, 71) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• SL045-009 Crannog
  Description

  On the E shore of Lough Gara, in a secluded bay near the outflow of Lough Gara into the Boyle River. The bay has silted up and the crannog is now on dry land, in a stony meadow beside a substantial drainage ditch. The vegetation consists of bushes and meadow grass. The low-cairn crannog (11.3m N-S; 16.2m E-W; H 0.97m above the meadow), the centre of which consists of an oval plateau (5m N-S; 6.6m E-W), is overgrown with low grass and some small shrubs. The surface is even and only occasional stones protrude. The plateau is surrounded by an edge that slopes sharply to the N, W and E, while to SE there seems to be a berm (Wth c. 2-2.4m) tapering to W. The edges have a number of boulders and stones protruding, possibly forming a line of stones to the N. There is a small collection of stones outside the plateau at E. A lacustrine enclosure (SL045-016----) and another crannog (SL045-008----) are c. 250m to NW and WSW, respectively. (Fredengren 2002, BOYL 079) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrymaquirk.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1186 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Derrymaquirk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Derrymaquirk

Area

1,381,330 m² (138.13 ha, 341.33 acres)

Civil parish

Boyle, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Tivannagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tivannagh electoral division: 267 people in 103 households; 95% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmore, Emlagh (Co. Sligo), Lecarrow, Lisserlough (Co. Sligo)

Placenames

Derrymaquirk on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.