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Burnt mound

Scattery Island, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Scattery Island, 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
Scattery Island
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.61425, -9.51734
SMR number
CL067-024018-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Situated between the round tower (CL067-024005-) and St Senan's well (CL067-024007-). Discovered during an assessment in 2001 in advance of conservation works to facilitate visitors to the island. A low mound is evident (3.1m N-S; 2.9m E-W; max. H 0.2-0.3m). Rabbit burrowing revealed burnt and fire-cracked fragments of shattered sandstone in a rich organic silty clay. A couple of pieces of burnt clay and a piece of iron slag were also recovered. (Halpin 2002, 10; Dunne 2003, 23-4) This is a national monument in state care, no. 10.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 19 September 2016

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1971).

References

Dunne, L. 2003 Scattery Island. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 23-4. Bray. Wordwell.

Halpin, S. 2002 Archaeological test excavation report, Scattery Island, Kilrush, Co. Clare. 01E0661. Unpublished excavation report. National Monuments Section, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

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

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