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Burnt mound

Knockalegan (Kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Knockalegan, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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