Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Beltra (tirawley By., Lackan Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beltra (tirawley By., Lackan Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.28497, -9.25252
- SMR number
- MA008-002002-
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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 a burial mound (MA008-002001-). A hearth, consisting of charcoal in a burnt layer, was noted in the eroding section face on the E-facing, seaward side of the burial mound.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.