Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Cloonshanville, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonshanville
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87129, -8.40010
- SMR number
- RO015-071----
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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 a level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (09E0051) of the laying of a sewer pipe on the outskirts of Frenchpark recorded a burnt mound (L c. 7m; max. T 0.4m) in section c. 0.5m beneath a road surface. A sample of wood that is likely to be oak produced a C14 date of 2580-2349 cal. BC. The mound (RO015-027----) is c. 105m to the SW. (Ruttle 2011; Taylor 2012b)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 February, 2012
References
Ruttle, E. 2011 Roscommon towns and villages sewerage scheme. Frenchpark village, Co. Roscommon. TVAS Ireland. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 09E0051.
Taylor, K. 2012b Cloonshanville/Corskeagh/Frenchpark Demesne. Early Bronze Age burnt-stone spread. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2009: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 181-2, No. 697. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.