Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballymun, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymun
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.41509, -6.26134
- SMR number
- DU014-119----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R117) and test excavation (Licence no. 09E0479) as part of the proposed Metro North development. An oval-shaped (5m x 7.5m N-S) deposit of dark-black sandy silt with frequent inclusions of heat-shattered burnt stones was identified. A possible ditch or field boundary (1.85m wide) was identified to the W of the burnt spread and a possible slot-trench (0.2m wide) was identified 1m to the E. It measured 0.2m in width and was filled by black silty charcoal-stained clay (Hession 2009, 20).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 6 February 2015
References
Hession, J. 2009b Assessment report on results of Metro North, testing area 11, Ballystruan and Ballymun townlands, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 09E0479). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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