What is recorded here

Hearth in Beltra (tirawley By., Lackan Par.) is a charcoal hearth inside a burial mound on the seaward edge of County Mayo. Fire and death shared one small place, suggesting people still cooked or prayed beside the dead long after the mound closed. The sea has since bitten into the mound and exposed the burnt layer, turning a private ritual into a warning about how quickly memory erodes.

In a burial mound (MA008-002001-). A hearth, consisting of charcoal in a burnt layer, was noted in the eroding section face on the E-facing, seaward side of the burial mound. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 July 2019

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