Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Knockalegan (kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockalegan (kilmaine By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67392, -9.08660
- SMR number
- MA111-103----
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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, located at the base of the SW slope of a hillock, bordering a broad, expanse of flat reclaimed pasture and boggy ground which stretches to SW–W.
A very low, sod-covered irregular-shaped rise (max. dim. c. 6m), the limits of which are not clearly defined. On the S side of the mound there is a shallow dip (diam c. 2m) opening to SW but it is unclear if this represents the location of a trough or is the result of recent disturbance. There is a small circular sod-covered rise (diam. 3-4m) c. 2m to W and 2m to SW of the latter, another small circular rise (2.5m N−S; 2.7m E-W), but it is unclear if either of these is associated with the burnt mound.
There is another burnt mound (MA111-102----) c. 100m to W in the same field, and a burnt mound (MA111-104001-) and a fulacht fia (MA111-104002-) are located c. 80-100m to SSW.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.