Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Tonn Láin, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonn Láin
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.93355, -9.12581
- SMR number
- CO058-079----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Monument was uncovered as part of archaeological test trenching under registration No E004865 (N22 Baile Bhuirne–Macroom Road Scheme). The excavated burnt mound material was semi-circular in plan and was composed of a dark black charcoal-enriched friable silty clay (60%) with heat-shattered burnt stones (40%). It had frequent inclusions of charcoal flecks and angular stones and measured 5.05 m in length, 4.6 m in width, and 0.25 m in depth. It continued outside the scheme boundary to the northeast.
Compiled by: Bruce Sutton
Date of upload/revision: 24 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.