Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Graig Upper, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graig Upper
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23587, -8.50158
- SMR number
- CO018-132----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In wet grassland to north of an Cliadh Dubh (CO018-001----). Presented as a raised area in a low-lying field with surface water/floods. Mound c. 0.4m higher than the ground to south, slopes gradually c. 19m N-S by c. 30m E-W. Irregular shape. A low point could suggest location of a trough. Poaching (horses) revealed black soil and some fired/burnt stone.
Compiled by: Melanie McQuade
Date of upload: 13 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.