Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Cuiltyconeen, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuiltyconeen
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94888, -8.13252
- SMR number
- RO011-165001-
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
At the bottom of a N-facing slope. Discovered in monitoring (04E1374) a road project during 2003 (Gannon 2004, 7-8, site 13). Portion of a mound of broken and burnt stone in a black matrix with charred organic material was revealed in a trench (visible dims 4m x 1.8m) with a smaller spread (diam. 1.2m) upslope. It was preserved in situ under a laneway. Burnt mound (RO011-165002-) is c. 7m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, S. 2004 Monitoring Report. N4 Hughestown to Meera road project. Roscommon County Council/National Roads Authority. Gannon Jennings Archaeology. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Licence no. 03E1374.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.