Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Coolgarriv (magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolgarriv (magunihy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.08453, -9.52026
- SMR number
- KE058-514----
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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
In the course of archaeological monitoring in advance of proposed afforestation two separate areas of burnt and fractured stones in a charcoal-rich deposit were discovered. Both were found in the shallow drains which were excavated to allow for mounds of earth to facilitate tree planting. The first burnt spread (KE058-514----) was c. 6m to W of the N-S field boundary dividing the main field. The drain section revealed that the burnt material extended for 2.5m and had a depth of c. 0.4m. The second spread (KE058-515----) was discovered to the SE and had a deposit depth in section of c. 0.3m.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 1 March 2016
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.