Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballindine East, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballindine East
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67119, -8.95014
- SMR number
- MA112-121----
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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
This burnt mound was discovered beneath a road during works on the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme (2001-2002). It was recorded and sampled under licence 01E0314 (Guinan 2015, 112-113). A thin layer (L 4.6m; T 0.1m) of burnt sandstone and charcoal was visible in section in a pipe trench at a depth of 0.35m below the road surface. It overlay natural boulder clay and appeared to extend further to N and S beneath the road. It was preserved in situ. A flint flake was recovered from the layer, and a charcoal sample, retrieved for radiocarbon dating, produced a Late Neolithic Age date (4095+/- 50 BP (2790-2550 BC)). (Guinan 2015, 112-113).
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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