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Burnt mound

Castlelands (carbery East (w.d.) By.), County Cork, Ireland

The record

Townland
Castlelands (carbery East (w.d.) By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.74342, -8.93564
SMR number
CO109-090001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

A surface scatter of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was discovered during topsoil stripping in advance of the construction of the Ballincollig-Ballineen gas pipeline in 2000 (pers. comm. Red Tobin). It lay c. 2m from the S baulk of the wayleave of the pipeline and it was accidentally obliterated by heavy machinery before it was archaeologically tested. It is likely, however, that the main concentration of burnt material occurs to the S of the pipeline and remains undisturbed there and that the surface scatter was a result of material being dragged due to ploughing. Another possible burnt mound (CO109-090002-) c. 50m to the E was excavated (Tobin 2002d, 41-2).

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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