Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Mitchellsfort, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mitchellsfort
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99903, -8.34973
- SMR number
- CO053-100----
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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 low-lying marshy ground, adjacent to a stream. Discovered during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass and excavated in 2001. Excavation revealed a spread (2.28m x 1.68m x 0.25m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil with no associated features though it was noted that substantial drainage works had been previously undertaken in the area. (Purcell 2003a, 50; NRA)
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Cremated remainsunder 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.