Burnt mound in Errew (mohill By.)

Situated in a small S-N valley and on the E bank of the canalised Errew River, c. 15-30m from the stream and c. 200-300m from where the stream now debouches into Errew Lough. However, the location would once have been part of the lake fringe, and layers of peat covered and underlay the excavated features. Archaeological monitoring (06E0743) of an extensive area identified four spreads of burnt mound material in Area 5 (Péterváry 2006) which were all fully excavated under the same licence (Péterváry 2007). This most northerly feature was located on a mound of marl (dims 5.4m x 3.2m) which was covered by a thin layer of broken and burnt stone. This covered of a circular, rounded and stone-lined pit (diam. 1.4m; D 0.35m). Charcoal from the covering layer produced a C14 date of 2200-1960 bc (Péterváry 2010, 286). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020

A burnt mound; likely dating to the Bronze Age. It represents a common type of ritual or industrial site associated with heat-related activities, though its specific function remains unclear.