What is recorded here

Burnt mound in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed) is a burnt mound in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It is a low spread of burnt stone and blackened soil in a wetland area, about five metres east of a stream. It is one of six sites found during monitoring of the N4 road realignment from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the summer of 1998. A fulacht fia lies immediately to the north and a holy well lies about thirty metres to the west.

In a wetland area, c. 5m E of a stream. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-030002-; SL040-030003-; SL040-031002-; SL040-230001-; SL040-230002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 12). It consisted of a low spread of burnt stone and blackened soil, the dimensions of which could not be ascertained. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. A fulacht fia (SL040-031002-) lies immediately to N and a holy well (SL040-031----) lies c. 30m to W. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Burnt mound in Carrowkeel; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its location within a cluster of sites suggests ritual or domestic activity linked to broader ceremonial landscapes in the region.

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