Burnt mound in Kilcaskan South

In sloping pasture, c. 100m N of a stream. A barely perceptible roughly oval grass-covered mound (12.4m NNE-SSW; 8.6m ENE-WSW) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The mound is bisected by a NE-SW forest drain and the burnt material (D 0.08-0.44m) is visible in section in the drain. (pers. comm. Emmet Byrnes) 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, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. Such features are associated with ritual or industrial activities involving heat, and provide insight into early land use and social practices.