What is recorded here

Heathen fire and human hands made the burnt mound in Lowpark. The Mullaghanoe River still flows beside the broken stone, and the land remembers the heat. People lived near this place, used the river, and left behind a mark the earth has not forgotten.

In pasture, located on SE-facing slope bordering the W bank of the Mullaghanoe River. A roughly circular surface spread (diam. c. 15m) of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil was visible in August 1998 c. 3m W of the river bank. The remains were exposed during clearance of scrub from the river bank. There is another burnt spread (MA063-065----) c. 35m to S and a rath (MA063-005----) is located 30m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

Burnt mound in Lowpark is a Neolithic ritual or industrial site, dating to the third millennium BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early human activity, possibly related to ceremonial practices or heat-dependent processes such as hide-scalding or cooking.

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