What is recorded here
This is the record for the burnt mound and associated trough, pit and stakeholes excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3212) on the N11 road improvement scheme. A radiocarbon date places the monument in the middle Bronze Age. (Dehaene 2009a)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 15 January 2013
Burnt mound in Ballyrogan Lower is a middle Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, characterized by a heap of heat-shattered stones and associated features such as troughs and pits. Its significance lies in providing evidence of heat-related activities, possibly for cooking, metalworking, or ceremonial purposes during the Bronze Age.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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