What is recorded here

Half-buried in reeds and wet grass at the edge of Derrykin Lough, the burnt mound still holds its core of angular stone and charcoal, a kitchen or bath left behind when the water and lives moved on. It sits only metres from the shoreline, close enough that steam, smoke or splashed water may once have risen into the ridge air. Another mound and possible lake dwellings dot the same coast, suggesting a busy margin where people worked, played and disappeared into history.

Located at the base of a 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. The remains are visible as a low mound (max. dim. c. 15m), irregular in shape and of uncertain extent, covered in hummocky grass, located 3m from current shoreline of the lake. A central raised core (c. 7m NW–SE; c. 5m NE–SW; H 0.5m) is surrounded on all sides by a low spread of angular stone and charcoal fragments. Another burnt mound (MA092-110----) is located on the same shoreline c. 60m to NW. A possible crannóg (MA092-089----) is indicated on the 1838 map in Derrykin Lough close to this location, and another possible crannóg (MA092-027----) is shown in the lake c. 70m to NW. There is a rath (MA092-026----) c. 180m to WNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

Burnt mound (fulacht fiadh), likely dating to the Bronze Age. These features are significant as they provide evidence of prehistoric cooking, processing, or ritual activity.

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