Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Knockane (muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockane (muskerry West By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83179, -8.96692
- SMR number
- CO082-111001-
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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 pasture on an E-W ridge. A spread (c. 18m E-W; c. 9m N-S) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil is visible in a partially grass-covered roughly rectangular area. According to local information, this area is generally waterlogged. A souterrain (CO082-111----) lies is c. 18m to the SE.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.