Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Tullymongan Lower, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullymongan Lower
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98813, -7.35713
- SMR number
- CV020-088----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Pre-development testing in 2003 revealed a burnt mound (L 16m, Wth 8m, T 0.5m) on the east shore of a silted up lake. It sloped downwards to the E, N and S.It was composed of burnt and shattered stone. There was no sign of a trough (Gilmore, S. 2003, 20)
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.