Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballymagrorty Scotch, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymagrorty Scotch
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.55354, -8.12654
- SMR number
- DG103-077----
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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)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on the bank of a W-flowing stream/drain, in the base of an E-W valley. The stream (Wth 2m) has been dredged in the past, and small mounds of upcast soil line the N bank in parts, though not in the vicinity of the burnt mound. On OS 25-inch plan, a ‘Spring’ is marked on the S side of the stream a few meters to W of the location of the burnt mound. The spring is no longer evident. This burnt mound is visible in section in the N bank of the stream. In the exposed section face (H 0.6-0.7m) a band (L c. 4m E-W; T c. 0.1m) of charcoal-rich soil and burnt stone fragments occurs immediately beneath the sod layer (T 0.1m) and overlies a layer (T 0.25-0.3m) of peat which in turn overlies a basal layer of sand. The S bank of the stream is largely obscured by grass but a very small eroded section also reveals what appears to be burnt material. No mound or rise is evident at surface level on either side of the stream.
Attached images:
DG103-077----_01.JPG viewed from S
DG103-077----_01.JPG
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 May 2015
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.