What is recorded here
In pasture, located at the base of a natural scarp that borders an expanse of flat, wettish pasture which extends W of Meelick Lough. It is situated c. 30m from the W edge of the Lough.
This possible burnt mound is evident as a very low, roughly oval sod-covered rise (c. 8m E-W; c. 6m N-S) of firm ground.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 May 2019
A possible burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, representing a domestic or ritual site where heat-treated stone was used. Its location near Meelick Lough suggests it may be part of a broader prehistoric landscape.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Bawn in Meelick (tirawley By.)Bawn · 335 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 585 yd
Killala Housecountry house · 626 yd
Brookview Housefarm house · 648 yd
Enclosure in Meelick (tirawley By.)Enclosure · 773 yd
CastleCastle, unclassified · 958 yd
Green IslandIslet · 1471 yd
Battlefields of MoyneBattlefield · 1.1 mi
Rinnaun PointHeadland · 1.4 mi
Bartragh IslandIsland · 2.0 mi