Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ratooragh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratooragh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.54837, -9.61139
- SMR number
- CO139-062----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a farmyard, on the S side of a small stream. A mound (c. 3m E-W; c. 2m N-S; H c. 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil is evident. According to local information, the mound was formerly larger, measuring c. 6m E-W and c. 4m N-S.
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.