Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Fanahy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fanahy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.64351, -9.94793
- SMR number
- CO115-074001-
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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 rough upland grazing, on the W bank of a stream. A recently levelled mound (c. 6m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.15m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. According to local information, the mound was levelled in the process of field clearance works. A fulacht fia (CO115-074----) lies c. 20m to the NW.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.