Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Shantallow, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shantallow
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64604, -9.07103
- SMR number
- MA111-096----
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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, in an area of gently undulating limestone terrain. Located on a gentle E–facing slope on the W bank of a stream/drain, sheltered to the NW by a low rise. The stream/drain is shallow and has been recut in the past but is now choked with vegetation; the water flows to SW.
A low, sod-covered semicircular rise (10.5m E–W; c. 6.8m N–S; H 0.3m at W, 0.5m at E), with a slight central hollow marked by a dense growth of nettles. The mound is bordered on the straight side to S by an E–W field wall. A slight rise (2–3m N–S) abutting the S side of the wall may also be part of the mound.
When inspected in 2000, a portion of the mound, which had been eroded by farm stock, revealed angular stone fragments in dark soil.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.