What is recorded here

Burnt mound in Liscam is a burnt mound in Liscam, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low-lying landscape in the upper Cross river valley, about 110 metres southwest of a rath. The site contains a D-shaped scatter of broken and burnt stones in a black matrix, with a grass-covered mound surviving southwest of a field drain. Some flints, including a flint javelin head, had been found nearby.

On a low-lying landscape in the valley of the upper Cross river, c. 110m SW of rath (RO048-007001-). D-shaped scatter of broken and burnt stones in a black matrix (dims 16m NW-SE; 5m NE-SW) visible in a ploughed field, and cut by a WNW-ESE field drain at SW. A portion of the grass-covered mound (dims 10.5m NW-SE; 2m NE-SW; H 0.6m) survives SW of the field drain. Some flints, including a flint javelin head, had been found nearby. Burnt mound (RO048-181001-) is c. 40m to the NW, and the burnt mound (RO048-181003-) is c. 10m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Burnt mound in Liscam is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, characterized by a D-shaped scatter of burnt stones. Its location near a rath suggests possible ceremonial or domestic activity in a river valley settlement context.

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