What is recorded here

Kealagowlane holds three burnt mounds and a fulacht fia within ninety metres, proving the terrace served repeated heating work rather than a single event. A stream still cuts the main mound, exposing heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil on both banks. People may have gathered there to cook, clean tools, prepare hides, or mark the slope beside the cairn and stone circle. The repeated fire and water suggest a busy place where the mountain edge was made useful.

In rough grazing, on a bog-covered terrace on the S-facing slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain. An irregular mound (8m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) cut by a stream. Heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil are exposed in both banks of the stream. The grass-covered mound is prominent in an area covered with rushes and moor grass. A burnt mound (CO104-027004-) and a fulacht fia (CO104-027006-) lie c. 10m to the SSE and c. 30m to the SW, respectively. A cairn (CO104-027003-) lies c. 60m to the E and there is a stone circle (CO104-027001-) c. 90m to the SSE. 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 Kealagowlane is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, characterized by heat-shattered stones and charcoal-rich soil. Its location on a prominent mountain slope suggests possible ceremonial or metallurgical activity.

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