Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Powerswood, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerswood
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46443, -7.12836
- SMR number
- KK032-054----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying terrain on a gentle E-facing slope. Identified while excavating mound drains for forest development. Mound material (dims. c. 20m N-S; c. 14m E-W; D c. 0.25m) evident almost immediately below sod. Charcoal rich black soil with frequent inclusions of burnt/fire cracked stone visible in the drain. The mound is not visible at ground level. (pers. comm. Melanie McQuade, 19 December 2016).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 20 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.