What is recorded here

Knockaunakill holds a broken limestone mound beside a NW-flowing stream, its black soil still crowded with charcoal from repeated fires. The shallow central depression marks the lost trough where water was heated, likely for cooking, cleaning or craft, while the nearby rath suggests the site remained part of a lived landscape rather than a forgotten heap. In that wet edge of Mayo, heat and water would have risen together, turning an ordinary bank into a place of useful noise and human presence.

In pasture, located on the SE bank of a NW-flowing stream. The stream borders a broad expanse of bog which stretches to N and E. Ground rising gently to W and SW. A subsircular mound (15.2m NW–SE; 12m NE–SW; H 0.6m) composed of shattered limestone fragments in a matrix of black, charcoal-rich soil. The mound is slightly indented on the SW side, and has a shallow central depression (diam. c. 3m), probably indicating the position of the trough. It is bordered on the NE side by the scarp of the stream gully, with a drop of c. 1.4-1.5m from top of the mound to the base of the stream. There is a rath (MA091-018----) c. 100m to W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

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