Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ossoryhill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ossoryhill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69070, -7.12967
- SMR number
- KK015-084----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In an upland river valley running NW-SE, at the base of an E-facing slope. This burnt mound was uncovered by the local landowner during land reclamation of the area. A large circular mound (10m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE; approx. H 1-1.5m) of fire-cracked sandstone with some charcoal visible within the matrix of the exposed soil. There is no evidence of a trough or any depression within the mound which may suggest a possible trough area. The depth and volume of the burnt stone (approx. D 2m) may suggest that this mound has been formed as a result of industrial activity. A fulacht fiadh (KK015-078----) is located approx. 100m to the N.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 23 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.