What is recorded here
Burnt mound in Crag (trughanacmy By., Castleisland Ed) was a three-foot pile of brick-like stone beside a well before men levelled it around 1970. It may have heated water for washing, cooking or ritual, but the mound no longer exists to prove which. The well remains the visible edge of a lost human routine, preserving only the shape of what disappeared.
The levelled burnt mound was described by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as a burnt mound levelled c. 1970 which consisted of a mound 'c. 3ft high mound [which] consisted of small pieces of stone resembling brick. A well lies immediately to the west' (SMR file).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 April 2022
Burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It represents a domestic or ritual site where heat-treated stone was used, reflecting early land use and settlement patterns in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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