Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Killeen (tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05828, -9.33287
- SMR number
- MA038-195----
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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 flat, damp pasture bordering the N bank of the Fiddaunglass stream. Heaps of field clearance material lie 12m to E. When discovered in 1996, reclamation works had recently been carried out in the field, and this possible burnt mound was evident as a surface spread (Diam. c. 4m) of burnt material on the river bank. One of a linear cluster of fulachtai fía/burnt mounds located along the course of the stream. There is a burnt mound (MA038-192---) 25m to SE, and another (MA038-196----) 50m to N.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.