Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Dunmahon, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunmahon
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19605, -8.31854
- SMR number
- CO027-214----
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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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered in the course of ground preparation works for forestry in 2011. Situated on the summit of a naturally raised area close to the townland boundary. The mound measures c. 9m N-S x c. 8.7m E-W and is 0.46m in H, rising slightly above the surrounding ground level. (pers. comm. E. Byrnes)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 19 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.