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Burnt mound

Bruckana, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Bruckana, County Kilkenny, 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
Bruckana
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.77374, -7.64885
SMR number
KK007-020----

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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 pasture adjacent to a field boundary at N side of undulating field. Identified during archaeological testing (Licence No. 21E0442) in advance of a wind farm (Carroll and Quinn 2021, 64-7). A low mound (exposed extent c. 19m E-W; 9.2m N-S; D 0.35-4m) of burnt charcoal-rich soil and heat affected stones was exposed under a thin sod layer (D 0.1m) (ibid. 65). The mound continued N beyond the limit of the test trench (ibid.). Another burnt mound (KK007-021----) was also identified c. 22m to the S (ibid. 66-7).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 18 October 2021

References

Carroll, M. and Quinn A. 2021 Lisheen III wind farm, Co. Laois, Kilkenny and Tipperary. Archaeology testing report part 1 – final. Excavation licence no. 21E0442. Tobar Archaeological Services. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service.

Nearby in the register

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

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