Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Carrowgarve South, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowgarve South
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.08016, -9.40108
- SMR number
- MA038-205----
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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
Located in rough, poorly drained pasture, on the W bank of the Fiddaunglass stream, a tributary of the River Deel. Gently rising ground to E and to W. The land to NW is planted with conifers.
A layer (L c. 5m E-W; D c. 0.6m) of burnt sandstone fragments in black, charcoal-rich soil is visible in section in a NNE–SSW field drain (Wth 2m; D 0.5m), and is incorporated into a field bank (H 1.5m), which borders the N side of the drain. One in a linear cluster of fulachtaí fia/burnt mounds (MA038-203--- to MA038-208----) located along the course of the stream.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
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