What is recorded here

Derrykin Lough still touches the wet pasture where a low grass mound marks the remains of a burnt structure. Charcoal and angular sandstone lie scattered beside the slumped earth, preserving the heat and labour of people who shaped that shoreline long before modern maps. The mound stands near other ancient markers, including a second burnt mound and possible lake dwellings, suggesting a busy border between land and water.

Located at the base of a NE-facing ridge slope, in a 20m wide margin of rough, wet pasture and reeds bordering the W shore of Derrykin Lough. This burnt mound appears to have been partly levelled. It consist of a low, grass-covered oblong mound (13.9m N–S; c. 12m E–W; H 0.3m at W, 0.8m at E) forming a shallow arc of firm dry ground amidst the surrounding damp terrain. The E side of the mound is broadly slumped. In parts where the sod cover has been denuded, concentrations of small angular sandstone fragments are exposed in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. A surface spread of stone and charcoal was noted extending for a c. 10m to the SE–S of the mound. The exact limits of the mound are uncertain. Another burnt mound (MA092-111----) is located on the same shoreline c. 60m to SE. A possible crannóg (MA092-027----) is indicated on the 1838 map in Derrykin Lough close to this location, and another possible crannóg (MA092-089----) is shown in the lake c. 70m to SW. There is a rath (MA092-026----) c. 140m to WNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

Burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Such features are commonly associated with domestic or ritual activity, though this example's significance is limited due to its partial levelling and lack of detailed archaeological investigation.

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