Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Ballyhard, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhard
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58945, -8.48048
- SMR number
- GA019-085----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is the easternmost of three fairly closely associated burnt spreads (see also GA019-084---- and GA019-085----, c. 42m and c. 142m respectively to the NW), all located on a long gentle W-facing boggy slope, which had recently been drained and ploughed. They were uncovered during the course of that work. This example comprised a very visible and well-defined spread of small burnt stones and charcoal, covering an area of 6m N-S by 1.5m E-W, but it had been truncated along the E by a modern drain. A section along the headland bordering the drain revealed a depth of deposit of at least 0.2m.
The following images have been uploaded:
GA019-085----_01.jpg Spread of burnt/heat-shattered stone and charcoal
GA019-085----_02.jpg Detail of above
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 23 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.