Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Liscam, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscam
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48456, -8.12382
- SMR number
- RO048-181001-
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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
On a low-lying landscape in the valley of the upper Cross river, c. 120m W of rath (RO048-007001-). Circular scatter of broken and burnt stones (diam. 3.5m) in a black matrix visible in a ploughed field. Burnt mound (RO048-181002-) is c. 40m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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