Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Oldcroghan, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcroghan
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34316, -7.29199
- SMR number
- OF010-010012-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on flat poorly drained land with stream 20m to N and ring-barrow (OF010-010008-) 70m to SE. Small roughly circular mound (H 0.7m; base diam. 9m NE-SW; top diam. 3.5m NE-SW) of burnt material with possible small semi-circular berm (H 0.5m; Wth 2.2m) encircling base of mound from NE through E to SW only.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.