Burnt mound in Mauteoge

Located in rough, damp pasture. A layer (L 6-8m; D 0.3-0.4m) of dark soil mixed with heat-shattered fragments of sandstone and charcoal fragments is visible in an E-facing section of a N-S field drain. A small portion of mound material is also visible in the field fence bordering the E side of the drain. The layer is truncated at the S by a modern causeway/farm track that traverses the drain. There is another burnt mound (MA038-173----) 15m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 August 2019

Burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. This site provides evidence of ancient domestic or ritual heating activities, typical of settlement or ceremonial contexts in prehistoric Ireland.