Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Rosslague, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosslague
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86978, -8.27169
- SMR number
- CO075-081----
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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 a marshy area in a pasture field, on a S-facing slope. A spread of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil (20.5m N-S; 16.5m E-W) was recorded here in 1997 (pers. comm. Seán Ó hUigín). There were no visible remains of this possible burnt mound when inspected in 2004.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.