Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Trantstown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Trantstown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98075, -8.36703
- SMR number
- CO064-177----
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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
Discovered in 2001 during archaeological test-trenching in advance of the construction of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass. A large spread (24m N-S; 16m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was uncovered during topsoil removal. A sample of charcoal from the spread yielded a radiocarbon date of cal. BC 1603-1551 (2 sigma) (NRA). The monument had been disturbed by extensive agricultural activity and no evidence of a trough was uncovered. (Halpin 2003b, 55; 2004a, 1-23)
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
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.