What is recorded here
On a raised area of ground, on an E-facing slope at the foothills of the Comeragh Mountains. Formerly in pasture, it is currently within a forest plantation. There are two other burnt mounds (WA015- 119----; WA015-118----) c. 100m to the N and c. 213m to the NE respectively. A low irregularly shaped mound (dims. c. 30m N-S; c. 27m E-W; H 0.4-0.7m) composed of fire-cracked stones and charcoal-rich soil beneath the sod. The monument is partially overgrown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 12 April 2016
Burnt mound; date uncertain but likely Bronze Age. Associated with ritual or domestic activities involving heat, commonly found across Ireland and Britain.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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