Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballyliddan West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyliddan West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74059, -8.76961
- SMR number
- CL052-078001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a lowlying marshy field on the SE outskirts of Sixmilebridge c. 40m W of a stream flowing S. Excavated during test trenching in 2007 as part of the archaeological assessment of a proposed mixed-use development (Cummins 2008; Licence no. 07E1164). A burnt spread (10m N-S; 8m E-W) comprised of heat-shattered stones in a charcoal-enriched soil matrix at a depth of 0.1-0.2m. A second burnt spread (CL052-078002-) was found 40m to the S.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 20 February 2019
References
Cummins, T. 2008 Archaeological test trenching, Ballyliddan townland, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare. Excavation licence 07E1164. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.