Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Quartertown Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Quartertown Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.12923, -8.67000
- SMR number
- CO033-141----
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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
In undulating tillage, on the top of a rise. A large spread (48m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was visible in a recently ploughed field. Within the spread, c. 11m off-centre to the SE, was a denser concentration (16m NW-SE; 14m NE-SW) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Two fulachtaí fia (CO033-053----, CO033-054----) lie c. 175m and 220m to the SW, respectively.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Milling complexunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.