Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Mountcatherine, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountcatherine
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.04418, -8.33564
- SMR number
- CO044-109----
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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
This site was identified during afforestation, but did not appear to have been damaged by these works. It presented as a raised, dry area in the northeastern corner of a rush-covered field that slopes gradually to the south. Two small patches of burnt mound material were exposed immediately under the sod. These comprised charcoal-rich soil with frequent burnt/heat-affected stone typically associated with sites of this kind. The site measured 30m east-west by 25m north-south.
Compiled by: Melanie McQuade, Archaeologist, Forest Service.
Date of upload: 22 June 2015
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.