Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Keelbanada, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keelbanada
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.89769, -8.53032
- SMR number
- RO008-068----
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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
Located on a flat, low-lying landscape. Archaeological testing (09E0476) during 2009 on the route of the N5 Ballaghadereen bypass identified a deposit of burnt mound material (dims 5.9m x 3.8m; T 0.1m) that was set aside for resolution as Keelbanada 1 (Doyle 2010a, 11; 2012b). Subsequently, it was completely excavated (10E0303) when it proved to be a horseshoe-shaped spread of burnt stone (dims 6.25m x 4.5m; max. T 0.08m), but charcoal from it produced a C14 date of 2018-1774 cal. BC. (Bayley and Delaney 2011a; Bayley 2013a)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload: 10 February, 2012
References
Doyle, T. 2010a N5 Ballaghadereen bypass road scheme, Co. Roscommon. Report on archaeological test trenching of areas G-P. Headland Archaeology. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 09E0476.
Doyle, T. 2012b Areas G-P, Ballaghaderreen bypass: testing. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 180, No. 688. Dublin. Wordwell.
Bayley, D. and Delaney, S. 2011a N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Keelbanada 1, burnt mound. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 10E0303.
Bayley, D. 2013a Keelbanada 1. Burnt mound. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 182, No. 578. Dublin. Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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