What is recorded here

Fire and water built this small mound beside the stream. People heated stones, threw them into water, and made steam rise into the Mayo air. They may have cooked food, cleaned cloth, or prepared a bath. The stream cut the mound open, revealing black soil and broken stone. Distance separated this mound from its neighbour, yet both banks shared the same hot work.

In pasture, located on the E bank of a N-flowing stream. A narrow strip of level ground borders the stream beyond which the ground rises to NE. A barely discernible D-shaped mound (c. 6-7m N-S; c. 5m E-W) with an eroding section face exposed in the side of the stream gully (Wth 2m; D 1.2m). A layer (D c. 0.40m) of characteristic heat-shattered stones in charcoal-rich soil is visible in the section face. There is another burnt mound (MA080-060----) c. 200m to S on the opposite bank of the same stream, and a rath (MA080-040----) is located c. 200m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 December 2021

Burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. Such features are commonly associated with ritual or industrial activities, though specific significance for this site is not recorded.

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