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Burnt mound

Coolgarriv (Magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Coolgarriv, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolgarriv (Magunihy By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.08438, -9.52085
SMR number
KE058-515----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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