What is recorded here

Burnt mound in Garrankyle is a burnt mound in Garrankyle, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stood on a south-west facing slope in pasture, about 0.8 metres high and 5 metres wide, immediately south of an east-west field boundary. The mound contained fire-cracked stones in black soil, with wet stones below that indicated a high water table. A spring and small stream flowed about 40 metres to the west at the base of the slope.

On a SW-facing slope in gently undulating dry terrain, in pasture. The landowner describes a small mound in the field (H c. 0.8m; Wth c. 5m) which was located immediately S of an E-W field boundary. The field boundary and mound were levelled c. 25 years ago. When levelled the mound material was identified as consisting of fire-cracked stones in a black soil and below the mound the stones were wet indicating a high water table. There is a spring and small stream c. 40m to the W, at the base of the slope. The digger driver who levelled the mound had come across similar mounds which he called 'The druid's fireplace'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 August 2013

Burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Such features are associated with ritual or industrial activities, indicating prehistoric human settlement and land use in the area.

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