Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Loumanagh South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loumanagh South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14021, -9.10710
- SMR number
- CO029-208----
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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
Small burnt mound with very little (if any) surface expression. Located on raised ground to East of river. The surrounding area is boggy ground. Mound material (charcoal stained soil with a high frequency of burnt stone) revealed in drain where it lies just below sod mound c. 5m diameter and between 0.15m to 0.20m thick.
Compiled by: Melanie McQuade
Date of upload: 26 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.