Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Gardenfield South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gardenfield South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34753, -8.89306
- SMR number
- LI054-047----
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 conifer plantation, 80m NE of townland boundary with Kells. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Burnt mound identified during afforestation works by Matt Kelleher in 2015 and described as a level spread of burnt mound material (dims. c. 3m x 3m; 0.1m below sod; max. diam. c. 7-10m) comprised of charcoal stained soil with inclusions of heat-shattered stone. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 11 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 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.