What is recorded here

Eighty metres west of a standing stone in Ballymot, heat-shattered stones and charcoal soil once formed a wide mound on the slope. People may have gathered water, cooked food or marked ritual time at that place before ploughing erased the visible edge. The stones disappeared into ordinary farmland, but the stone still stands beside the ghost of heat.

In tillage, on a WSW-facing slope and c. 80m to the W of a standing stone (CO087-070----) which is in the same field. According to local information, there was a spread (diam. 10-20m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil here. There were no visible remains of this spread in 2004. Another possible burnt mound (CO087-124----) lies c. 100m to the SW of the standing stone. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Burnt mound in Ballymot is a Neolithic ritual or industrial site, dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early human activity, possibly related to feasting, cooking, or ceremonial practices.

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