Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Carnashannagh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnashannagh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.05942, -7.40719
- SMR number
- DG038-059----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the N bank of the Burnfoot River, c. 100m W of a bridge on the NW outskirts of Burnfoot village.
A layer of burnt material is exposed in section in the riverbank at a depth of c. 0.25-0.3m below ground surface. A metal object and metal slag were retrieved from the layer. It was identified during an archaeological assessment in advance of a proposed flood relief scheme.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.