Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Knockadoon (clanmorris By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockadoon (clanmorris By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66731, -8.88442
- SMR number
- MA112-119----
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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 relatively lowlying, level pasture. This burnt mound was exposed in section within the pipeline wayleave during archaeological monitoring on the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme (2001-2002). It was recorded and sampled under licence 01E0314 (Guinan 2015, 104, 110). The layer (T 0.3m) of burnt stone and charcoal underlay topsoil (T 0.3-0.4m) and peat (T 0.2-0.4m) and overlay marl. The bulk of the mound extended to S beyond the wayleave. The pipe was diverted to N, and the archaeological deposits are preserved in situ. A charcoal sample was retrieved for radiocarbon dating and produced a Late Bronze Age date (2850+/- 45 BP (1130-890 BC)). (Guinan 2015, 110)
Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 February 2016
References
Guinan, B. 2015 On the plains of Mayo. Archaeological discoveries on the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme Stage III: Claremorris-Knock-Ballyhaunis-Ballindine. Mayo County Council Archaeological Series 5. Castlebar.
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