Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Kildaree, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildaree
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07957, -9.36426
- SMR number
- MA038-183----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on an expanse of level, damp pasture bordering the S bank of the River Deel. This levelled burnt mound consists of a surface spread (diam. c.6-7m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal fragments. There is a burnt mound (MA038-182----) 25m to S and another (MA038-184----) is located 25m to ESE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 August 2019
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.