Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Burnt mound in Annagh (costello By.)

Burnt mound
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

In pasture, now converted to forestry plantation, on an area of sloping ground. This burnt mound was discovered in 2010 during archaeological testing (10E0483) in advance of a proposed development. There was no trace of the monument at ground level prior to the testing. It was revealed in the test trench as a spread (11m N−S; 9m E−W) of heat-shattered stone in a charcoal-rich soil, with two small isolated ancillary deposits, one to E and one to W of the main mound. The burnt mound was preserved in-situ and not fully excavated (Delaney 2011). No surface trace of the burnt mound was noted during an inspection of the location in 2016 in advance of forestry development (Wallace, 2016). An exclusion zone protects the monument. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 January 2017

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.