Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Coolagh More, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolagh More
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.57564, -9.47514
- SMR number
- CO140-080----
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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 pasture, on a gentle NE-facing slope. Archaeological monitoring of a drain in advance of afforestation, in 2008, exposed remains of a mound of material comprising burnt stone and flecks of charcoal. The drain (av. D 0.3m) cut through the mound. A burial ground (CO140-011----) lies c. 50m to the S. (O'Mahony 2008, 1-5)
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.