What is recorded here

Half a kilometre south of Coolagh More, a burial ground waits in the grass while a drain cuts through the burnt mound like a knife through a bread loaf. The stones still hold charcoal flecks from fires that raged before humans learned to write down what they did. Perhaps the dead below wanted heat above them, or perhaps the living simply dumped their kitchen ash where the soil was already soft. Either way, the mound remembers warmth long after the hands that made it forgot their own names.

In rough pasture, on a gentle NE-facing slope. Archaeological monitoring of a drain in advance of afforestation, in 2008, exposed remains of a mound of material comprising burnt stone and flecks of charcoal. The drain (av. D 0.3m) cut through the mound. A burial ground (CO140-011----) lies c. 50m to the S. (O'Mahony 2008, 1-5) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Burnt mound in Coolagh More is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial feature, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early land use and possible ceremonial activity in the area.

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