Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Maulagowna, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maulagowna
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80082, -9.66070
- SMR number
- KE101-073----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 undulating pasture, at the base of a waterfall, at the head of a NW-facing valley, below Knocknagorraveela. A spread (7.5m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW) of burnt material. According to local information, a mound was levelled here in the recent past during land drainage and reclamation works.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.