Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Rinnaseer, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinnaseer
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82712, -9.40508
- SMR number
- MA078-069----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located near the base of a SE facing slope, adjacent to a natural basin of peat overlying marl. This burnt mound was uncovered at a depth of 0.3-0.4m below the surface during pre-development testing in May 2014 in advance of the construction of a football pitch (Excavation licence: 14E0144). It appeared to have been leveled/disturbed in the past, and was visible as four discrete irregular-shaped patches of blackened soil, heat-shattered rocks and occasional charcoal, which covering an area of 6.3m NNE-SSW. The burnt mound was not fully excavated. It was covered with a terram membrane and 300mm of sand, and is preserved in situ below the football pitch. (Pers. comm. Richard Crumlish, consultant archaeologist, November 2015). There is a fulacht fia (MA078-068----) located 50m to ENE.
The attached image is uploaded courtesy of Richard Crumlish: MA078-069----_01.JPG
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 November 2015
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.