The dimensions of Lough Derg

The dimensions of Lough Derg

Lough Derg--Ordnance Survey--Description--Lieutenant Lancey

"The lakes [of the Parish of Templecarn] amount to 110, of which Lough Derg is the most extensive..."

Lieutenant W. Lancey, 1835

Parish of Templecarn, in Institute of Irish Studies, and Royal Irish Academy, Parishes of County Donegal / Edited by Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams. II 1835-6, Mid, West and South Donegal., Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland; v.39, p. 157

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1835-6 [1997]

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Ordnance survey memoir

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"The lakes [of the Parish of Templecarn] amount to 110, of which Lough Derg is the most extensive. This fine sheet of water contains 42 islands, spreads itself over 2,140 acres and lies embosomed in wild hills and bog. Its depth is stated to be 120 feet. In some parts of it dangerous sunken rocks are met with. Its islands are low, rocky, and usually covered with small shrubs. Their average height is 484 feet above the sea, the lough being 467 feet."

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