Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Castletownsend, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletownsend
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.52773, -9.17929
- SMR number
- CO142-119----
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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
Discovered in 2003 during archaeological monitoring (under licence 03E0638) in advance of the construction of a holiday home development. A spread (10m x 3m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was encountered in the S section of the development site, 1m from the N bank of a stream. A smaller area of similar material was also identified, 1.5m to the W. This possible burnt mound remains in situ, covered with a sheet of membrane and overlain with soil, 1m in depth. (Lane 2006, 45-6)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 17 October 2013
References
Lane, S. 2006 Castletownsend. Fulacht fiadh. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 45-6, No. 200. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - belvedereunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Corn storeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.