What is recorded here
No visible mound exists at the stated coordinates. The coordinates point to open ocean off the west coast of Africa. Rusheen may preserve a different kind of edge: the place where human memory stops inventing and records what can be seen.
In pasture, on a W-facing slope. An oval earthen mound (c. 28.7m E-W; 19.4m N-S; H 1.5m) which is steepest at NE and S. A ledge (Wth c. 2m) occurs on the slope of the mound NW-NE, 0.4m above ground level. The top surface slopes down to the W. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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