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Burnt mound in Grallagh (costello By.)

Burnt mound
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In pasture, in a small stand of conifers, adjacent to a spring. The remains consist of a low, roughly circular mound (diam. c. 10-2m). Two heaps (diam. 2-3.5m; H 0.5-0.6m) of shattered stone and black soil, set 2m apart, sit on top of the mound, possibly the result of disturbance during the planting of conifer trees which are growing on the mound. The mound is clipped at WNW by a field drain, in the section face of which heat-shattered stone in charcoal-rich soil is visible. A tumbled field wall overlies the SE edge of the mound. The mound is covered in brambles and pine needle litter. Another burnt mound (MA103-066----) located 8m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

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