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Burnt spread

Ballycorick, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt spread, Ballycorick, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballycorick
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.74248, -9.06653
SMR number
CL050-074----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a level area in the angle of a stream, at the foot of a steep NW-facing slope, in rough pasture. A small oval burnt spread (max. L 3.6m) uncovered in a drain during groundworks for a small forestry plantation. The spread was well defined and contained abundant heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. Due to the small size of the spread, it is likely to have been for a single use and may represent a pot boiler. The spread has been preserved in situ within a 15m exclusion zone. Two burnt spreads (CL050-070001- and CL050-070002-) and two burnt pits (CL050-070003- and CL050-070004-) were excavated in an area 50-150m to the E and NE.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney with information from Alison McQueen

Date of upload: 24 April 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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