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. The site sits in a wetland area on the west side of a road and belongs to a cluster of six locations identified during summer 1998 road works. It holds a thin spread of burnt stone and reddened soil beneath undisturbed peat, with a central concentration of stone now protected under restored ground cover.

In a wetland area, on the W side of a road. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-03002-; SL040-03003-; SL040-03102-; SL040-03103-; SL040-23001-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 11). It consisted of a thin spread (3.2m E-W; 3m N-S; D 0.15m) of burnt stone and reddened soil under 0.5m of undisturbed sod and peat. A concentration of stone was noted in the centre of the spread. Following recording this site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. (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; Late Neolithic period, likely 2500–2000 BCE. It is part of a ritual or industrial site associated with heat-related activities, possibly linked to ceremonial or food preparation practices.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.