Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Carrowndangan, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowndangan
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81483, -9.05613
- SMR number
- MA080-061----
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
In pasture at the base of an E-facing slope. There is a stream/drain 6m to W, bordered by a road.
A prominent, sod-covered circular rise (diam. 14.4m; H 0.8m) composed of aa concentration of stones in black, charcoal-rich soil.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 6 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.