Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Rinrush, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinrush
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09706, -8.80160
- SMR number
- GA123-094----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On marshy ground c. 13m to the SE of a stream. This burnt mound is defined by a well-preserved subcircular mound (diam. 12.8m; H 0.6m) composed of burnt soil and stones. A fulacht fia (GA123-093----) lies c. 255m to the SW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.