Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Bruckana, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bruckana
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77349, -7.64885
- SMR number
- KK007-021----
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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 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 5.6m E-W; 2m N-S) of burnt charcoal-rich soil and heat affected stones was exposed under a sod and topsoil layer (D 0.15-0.25m) (ibid. 66). The mound continued N and S beyond the limit of the test trench (ibid.). Another burnt mound (KK007-020----) was also identified c. 22m to the N (ibid. 65, 67).
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 Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service.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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.