Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Cartron (costello By., Aghamore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (costello By., Aghamore Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79258, -8.77992
- SMR number
- MA093-111----
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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 an area of marsh, rush-grown ground, now converted to forestry plantation. This burnt mound was discovered in 2010 during archaeological testing (10E0483) in advance of a proposed development. There was no trace of the monument at ground level prior to the testing. It was revealed in the test trench as a spread (19m NE−SW; 8m NE−SW) of heat-shattered stone in a charcoal-rich soil. Three areas with noticeably higher concentrations of charcoal were noted, two in the SE and one in the NW part of the spread. The burnt mound was preserved in-situ and not fully excavated (Delaney 2011). There was no visible surface trace of the burnt mound during an inspection of the location undertaken in January 2016 in advance of forestry development (Wallace, 2016). An exclusion zone protects the monument.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 11 January 2017
References
Delaney, D. and Jones, R. 2011 Pre-development testing at Annagh and Cartron (E.D. Coolnaha) Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo. Unpublished report submitted to NMS.
Wallace, A. 2016 Archaeological monitoring report at Cartron & Annagh, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo on behalf of Greenbelt Forestry Ltd. Unpublished report submitted to NMS.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.