What is recorded here

Fifty metres southwest of the first mound, a second circle of heat-shattered stone and charcoal-rich soil waited beneath thin topsoil. Together they mark a place where people repeatedly heated water, cooked food or cleaned tools, while cattle now graze above their work.

A burnt mound consisting of heat shattered stone and charcoal rich soil was discovered during test excavation c.8m from the western edge of a field of semi-improved pasture. A roughly circular mound c 0.1m in height measured 15.5m E-W and 11.5m N-S survived beneath a thin layer of topsoil. It lies c 50m to the southwest of a previously recorded fulacht fiadh (CO051-083----). Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload/revision: 3 March 2022

Burnt mound in Ballymorisheen is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, characterized by heat-shattered stones and charcoal-rich soil. Its significance lies in providing evidence of ancient thermal activity, possibly related to cooking, hide-scalding, or ceremonial practices.

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