Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Branraduff, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Branraduff
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66497, -8.94104
- SMR number
- MA112-120----
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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 a natural peat basin bordered to N and S by eskers. Part (L 6.8m) of this burnt mound was exposed in a roadside pipe trench (Wth 0.9m) during works on the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme (2001-2002). It was recorded and sampled under licence 01E0314 (Guinan 2015, 104, 111-112). It consisted of a compact layer (T 0.3m) of burnt stone and charcoal which extended beyond the wayleave into the road verge to S and under the road to N. The pipeline was diverted to S into a pre-existing land drain, and the burnt mound was preserved in situ. A flint flake was recovered from the burnt layer, and a charcoal sample was retrieved for radiocarbon dating, which produced a Middle Bronze Age date (3223+/- 38 BP (1610-1425 BC)). (Guinan 2015, 111-112).
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.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.