What is recorded here
In a recently planted forest, on a W-facing slope. A roughly oval grass-covered spread (8.8m E-W; 5.3m N-S) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The W edge of the spread has been truncated by a drain. A fulacht fia (CO007-058----) lies c. 25m to the SW.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Burnt mound, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. These features are commonly associated with ritual or industrial activities, such as the processing of hides or the heating of water for ceremonial purposes.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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