Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballyvolane (cork By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvolane (cork By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92111, -8.44967
- SMR number
- CO074-131----
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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 tillage, on a S-facing slope. An oval spread (c. 22m N-S; c. 18m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Another possible burnt mound (CO074-132----) lies c. 160m to the NE.
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.