Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Cherryville, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cherryville
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15391, -6.95946
- SMR number
- KD022-107----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
'Site 6', Cherryville was immediately to the east of 'Site 5' (KD022-106----). When excavated (Thaddeus C. Breen, Licence No. 01E0583: www.excavations.ie) it was found to consist principally of a spread of burnt stone and charcoal-rich soil, 9m by 7m by only 0.1m thick. It overlay a layer of compact dark brown clay (C109) which extended beyond it to the north, and a thin layer of peat which extended beyond it to the south. A stone axehead was found in 109. A small number of waste flint flakes were found, mostly in 109 and the burnt spread proper. A few small irregular hollows were found under the burnt spread, but the only real pit was 113, a shallow subrectangular structure measuring 1.23m by 0.7m with a maximum depth of 0.1m. It lay directly under the topsoil, and was cut into the burnt spread and 109. It was filled with a light grey to white silty clay which contained some burnt stone (mostly limestone). At the base, in the middle, were two stake-holes side by side. To the east of the burnt spread was a modern ditch which had been backfilled in recent years.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Furnaceunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.