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
- 54.07975, -9.36373
- SMR number
- MA038-185----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In damp lowlying pasture bordering the S bank of the River Deel. A sod-covered mound (7m NW-SE; c. 6m NE-SW; H 0. 6m) truncated on W side by a field drain (Wth 1.4m; D 0.6m) and post and wire fence on NNW-SSE axis. A layer (D 0.4m) of shattered stone in a charcoal-rich matrix is visible in the W-facing drain section. There is a burnt mound (MA038-184----) c. 30m to SSW.
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.