Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Collegeland, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Collegeland
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29355, -6.44711
- SMR number
- DU021-102----
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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
Located in a poorly drained field of stubble near the river Camac that is prone to flooding. Pre-development testing under licence No 09E0420 by Colm Moriarty in 2009 revealed an oval-shaped pit (F8, Diam. 0.6m) in Trench 6. It was filled with charcoal rich deposit that contained frequent inclusions of burnt stone. This fill is reminiscent of burnt mound material and may indicate that this feature represents a cooking trough. The pit was severely truncated along its W side by a N-S gully/furrow (Moriarty and Gowen 2009, 11).
See attached location maps and photograph, courtesy of Moriarty & Gowen 2009
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 November 2022
References
Moriarty, C. & Gowen, M. 2009 Archaeological Assessment Collegeland/Brownsbarn, Baldonnell, Co Dublin(Licence no. 09E0420). Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.