Burnt mound in Ballinloughaun

In an area of reclaimed and boggy pasture on the W bank of a N-flowing stream. There is a coniferous forestry plantation to SW. When discovered in 1996, the field had recently been reseeded, and this burnt mound was visible as a roughly circular surface spread (Diam. c. 7m) of heat-shattered stone in a charcoal-rich matrix, beneath a thin cover of grass. An E-W field drain lies immediately to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 August 2019

Burnt mound in Ballinloughaun is a Bronze Age ritual or domestic feature, likely dating to between 2500 and 800 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of prehistoric activity and land use in a landscape now dominated by forestry and agricultural modification.