Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Cashel (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashel (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25204, -9.23545
- SMR number
- MA015-071002-
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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
Located on a S-facing slope, on the N edge of an expanse of rough, damp rush- and heather-grown pasture which borders the NE side of Curraghfin Lough. The drier ground upslope consists of good grass/pasture.
Semi-circular mound (c. 11m E-W; c. 7m N-S) marked by a growth of heather and gorse. The mound, which has accumulated against the rising slope, has a maximum height of c. 1.2m. An exposed section of the mound revealed a concentration of heat-shattered stones in dark grey soil. Another burnt mound (MA015-071001-) is located 10m to W.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.