Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Currinah, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Currinah
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93666, -8.64749
- SMR number
- RO008C036001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Burnt mound: Identified in centre-line testing, and excavated (11E0231) as Currinah 5a in the preparatory work for the N5 Charlestown by-pass. Situated in a SE-NW valley with a small stream c. 50m to the N. A small deposit of broken and burnt stone (dims 4m x 3m; T 0.15m) sealed a peat deposit. Fulacht fia (RO008C-) is c. 30m to the SE. (Delaney 2011, 4)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 October, 2015
References
Delaney, D. 2011c N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypas: Currinah 5a & 5b Fulachta fia. Licence: 11E0231. Unpublished report: Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.