What is recorded here

Mounds are not built to be seen. They are built to be used, and in Curraghprevin the stones still hold heat. Burnt mound means people lived there, made fire, broke stone, and left behind a small warm scar in the earth. The bypass came later. The mound was already doing its work, turning water, clay and breath into life.

Excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. A roughly oval spread (0.56m x 1.22m; D 0.09m) of compact black-brown sandy silt containing frequent flecks of charcoal with small broken heat-shattered angular stones and larger heavy angular stones (pers. comm. Tara O'Neill). The excavator suggested that this spread may be associated with another possible burnt mound (CO044-070----) c. 70m to the NW and outside of the road take. (O'Neill 2006f, 57) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Burnt mound in Curraghprevin is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, dated to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of prehistoric activity, possibly related to heat-treated stone use or ceremonial practices.

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