What is recorded here

Burnt mound in Carrowgilpatrick is a burnt mound in Carrowgilpatrick, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a low, poorly defined rise in wet pasture east of a north-flowing stream, one of several burnt mounds and fulachtaí fia spread over 1.5km along the valley base. Heather and gorse cover the mound, though farm stock once exposed burnt stones and charcoal fragments beneath the eroded sod. Land reclamation works in 1995 largely obscured it with soil deposits, and another burnt mound lies about 40m to the north.

In wet pasture, on the E of a stream which flows N along the W side of a flat-bottomed valley. One of several fulachtaí fia and burnt mounds which occur over a distance of 1.5km along the base of the valley. Poorly-defined, low rise (c.5m N-S; c. 4m E-W; H 0.4m on E) covered by heather and gorse shoots. Burnt stones and charcoal fragments were exposed in places where farm stock had eroded the sod (OPW 1994). The full extent of the mound was not determined. As a consequence of land reclamation works in 1995 it was largely obscured by deposits of soil. There is a burnt mound (SL019-243----) c. 40m to N, and a possible burnt mound (SL019-245----) is c. 8m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 May 2011

Burnt mound in Carrowgilpatrick is a fulacht fia, typically dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age. These sites are significant as they provide insight into prehistoric cooking, feasting, or ritual practices.

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