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
- 54.08053, -9.40123
- SMR number
- MA038-207----
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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 poorly drained pasture, planted with conifers, located at the base of the W slope of a low rise, close to the E bank of the Fiddaunglass stream, a tributary of the River Deel.
When discovered in 1996, this burnt mound was visible as a layer (D c. 0.3m) of angular burnt stone in a charcoal-rich matrix in two intersecting forestry trenches: The layer (L 6m) is visible in section in the E face of a N–S trench (W 0.9m) and also (L c. 4m) in the N face of a perpendicular trench (W 0.5m) that branches to the E. A thin layer of peaty soil overlies the burnt material. There is no trace of the mound at ground surface. 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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