What is recorded here

Kidney-shaped and twelve metres long, the burnt mound sits in a wet marshy field in County Kerry, its western trough enclosing a small chamber of packed stone. Reeds and grass now smother the heat-cracked rocks, but the shape remains clear enough to suggest people once gathered water from the nearby stream, heated stones inside the trough, and poured boiling water over flesh, grain, or wool. The mound may have been a kitchen, a workshop, or a place of cleansing, yet its exact purpose has drowned back into the land. What survives is the effort of heat and water, preserved in a shape the marsh refused to erase.

'This is a kidney-shaped mound located in a wet marshy field, which does not appear to have been farmed in recent years Its overall dimensions are 12m N-S by 10m E-W by 1.20m in height. The trough area opens to the west and encloses an area which measures 4.50m N-S by 3.00m E-W. A small stream is located 10m to the south of the site. This stone filled mound is now covered by a mixture of grass and reeds.' Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97. See attached photograph courtesy of Tony Miller Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Tony Miller Date of revised upload: 10 May 2022

Burnt mound in Manor East is a Neolithic ritual or industrial site, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early human activity, possibly related to heat-treated stone use or ceremonial practices.

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