Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballyadam (barrymore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyadam (barrymore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91554, -8.22939
- SMR number
- CO076-122----
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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
An irregular spread (6.8m E-W; 6.3m N-S; D 0.25m) of heat-shattered stones and three pits were discovered in 2007 during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of an industrial development. Two pits were recorded under the stone spread. One was oval in plan (1.1m E-W; 1.6m N-S; D 0.5m) and had a basal fill (T 0.1m) of charcoal-enriched silt with infrequent heat-shattered stones which may have accumulated naturally when the pit was open. The upper layers appeared to be deliberate infill of heat-shattered stones. The other pits were in a 'figure-of-8' plan (L 2m; Wth 1.1m; D 0.15m) with the N section being wider. There was a single fill of heat-shattered stones. This possible burnt mound was radiocarbon dated to 2197-2042 cal. BC (3726±33 BP) (UBA 8453). A fulacht fia (CO076-123----) lies c. 50m to the N. (pers. comm. Rose M. Cleary)
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.