Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ranagissaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranagissaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88594, -8.66068
- SMR number
- MA074-015----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In wet pasture, located on the N side of a stream/drain, with rising ground c. 40m to N.
Barely discernible oval rise (12m N–S; 8m E–W) of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. It is noticeable as being a firm, dry area amidst the surrounding soft, damp ground.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.