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Burnt mound

Ballinlough, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Ballinlough
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.74053, -8.62752
SMR number
RO025-033----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 fairly level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (08E0976) of a sewer trench under existing roads on the outskirts of Ballinlough recorded evidence of a burnt mound in section as a layer of broken and burnt stones (L 11m NW-SE; T c. 0.5m) c. 0.5m beneath the road surface. It was confirmed in a small trench on the other side of the road, so that it would appear to be preserved beneath the road (dim. c. 9m NE-SW). A sample produce evidence of alder, hazel and oak, and produced a C14 date of 1048-851 cal. BC. Rath (RO025-017001-) is c. 115m to the SE.(Ruttle 2011b; Taylor 2012a)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 7 February, 2012

References

Taylor, K. 2012a Ballinlough/Commons/Falledeen/Srah Late Bronze Age burnt-stone spread. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2009: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 180, No. 689. Dublin. Wordwell.

Ruttle, E. 2011b Roscommon Towns and Villages sewerage scheme. Ballinlough Village, Co. Roscommon. Licence No. 08E0976. Unpublished report. TVAS

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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