Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballinloughaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinloughaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05401, -9.38155
- SMR number
- MA038-199----
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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 mixed reclaimed and boggy pasture, located on the E bank of a N-flowing stream. There is a coniferous forestry plantation to SW.
A layer (L c. 6m; D 0.3-0.4m) of heat-shattered sandstone fragments in charcoal-rich soil is visible in the E bank of the stream. It underlies a layer (D. 0.2m) of sod and overlies a layer (0.5m) of grey sandy sub-soil. Mid-way along the section face, a concentration (1m N-S; D 0.2m) of charcoal fragments is visible filling a saucer-shaped indentation in the burnt stone layer; this may be a hearth. There is no trace of a mound at ground surface. Another burnt mound (MA038-199----) lies immediately to S, on the W side of the stream. There is a rath (MA038-105----) 150m to E.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.