
What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, in a wet hollow on a NW-facing slope and within a network of field boundaries (CO091-016001-). A roughly D-shaped partially eroded mound (3.5m N-S; straight S side: L 3m E-W; H 0.55m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil.
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 Derroograne is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, characterized by a D-shaped mound of heat-shattered stones. Its location within a network of field boundaries suggests it may have been part of a broader prehistoric landscape of activity.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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